My daughter grew a dahlia (and a bunch of other flowers) from seed last year.  She was proud of herself, I was proud of her too.  We left it...

Spider plants ( Chlorophytum comosum ) have a bunch of fun names including hen and chickens, airplane plant, ribbon plant, spider ivy, St Be...

My lawn is buzzing, but only in the morning.  Then it is silent. Persian speedwell ( Veronica persica ) is one of the many flowering weeds...

Saffron ( Crocus sativus ) has a beautiful flower and a lovely spice that is surprisingly easy to grow. Saffron is expensive, both the spi...

We have so few varieties of potato onion ( Allium cepa var. aggregatum ) in Australia, they used to be grown in every home garden and now th...

My daughter, much like many kids her age, loves butterflies.  Butterfly kits where they send you a chrysalis to hatch are very expensive. ...

Skirret ( Sium sisarum ) is the best root vegetable I have ever eaten.  Skirret is a perennial vegetable that is well suited to being grown ...

I have often considered growing buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum ), but never got around to it until recently.  I enjoyed growing buckwheat...

Over the years I have grown a lot of things from seed that I have been told are not possible, or are too difficult, or will have poor result...