This was the sight outside my bedroom window the other day.   Black Cockatoos outside my bedroom window There were about twenty black cockat...

I like pothos ( Epipremnum aureum ), it is an ornamental climbing plant that survives through a lot of hostile conditions.  They are ornamen...

I have grown snake beans ( Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis ) in the past, green and red, but never a dwarf snake bean.  I had conside...

I have been breeding tomatoes for a number of years, far more than I care to admit.   I have a bunch of different breeding lines, each with ...

I heard about rice paddy herb, aka Rau Om, years ago, and have wanted to try it ever since.  Rice Paddy Herb ( Limnophila aromatica ) is a p...

For years I have wanted an African Violet.  For some reason or another I have never bought one.   Nowhere around here seems to sell them.  I...

A few years ago I had a small aquarium that had no filter and was cleaned using aquaponics.  It was a tiny system with Endler's livebear...

I attempted to hybridise a strawberry with a raspberry, and I wrote numerous blog posts along the way documenting the progress.  I produced ...

I bought my son some spiny leaf insects for Christmas.  They were rather small when we got them.  They have grown so much! My son wants to h...