Much like most people, when I was a young child I was given a Venus flytrap ( Dionaea muscipula ). I was in awe of this marvelous plant and ...

Last year or the year before my kids and I grew some oyster mushrooms in a cup.  It was heaps of fun.  I had forgotten about it until I foun...

There used to be a comprehensive list of tomato genes on the web, then one day that page was gone.  I wish I had saved that list somewhere s...

I have grown cauliflower in the past.  To be honest they never really impressed me.  They seem to be a lot of work, and the end result is of...

It is no secret that I like dandelions ( Taraxacum officinale ).  I honestly believe people should grow more dandelions .  I think they prob...

I have started to mess around with breeding new black tomato varieties.  I mean true black tomatoes, the ones that are high in a powerful a...

A few years ago I decided that parsley ( Petroselinum crispum ) was too small to be very useful.  Even the larger varieties such as 'Gia...

The variety of tomatillo ( Physalis ixocarpa ) I grow has purple and purple/green fruit, I keep thinking I should get a dark purple variety...

My daughter grew a dahlia from seed last year, she was very proud of herself and I was proud of her too. The seed was planted in spring, ...