I have grown a lot of varieties of thyme over the years.  People often describe a variety, yet irritatingly no one ever seems to compare dif...

I have been growing carnivorous plants for more years that I care to admit.  I have grown a lot of different species over the years, some we...

I have always wanted to grow Drosera binata because I really like the look of them.  They are a common, easy to grow, relatively hardy, Aus...

I am growing a few new plants this year.  Some are species that I am familiar with but varieties that I have never grown, others are plants ...

A year or two ago I was sent two lovely "Wally" Venus flytraps from a very generous friend as a surprise.  I had no idea that this...

This year I grew some vegetables that I had never grown or eaten before.  Burdock ( Arctium lappa ) and salsify ( Tragopogon porrifolius )...

Last year I got a 'Low Giant' Venus flytrap.  This is a registered cultivar that was developed in Australia. Low Giant seems like a ...

A number of years ago I heard of a perennial leaf vegetable called kangkong ( Ipomoea aquatica and/or Ipomoea reptans ) that is not very ...

I always wanted to grow peanuts ( Arachis hypogaea ).  I gave it a go once when I was in highschool, and we had early (February) frosts that...

I have been trying to work out how much soil a plant pot holds.  This post is to help me remember without writing on a scrap of paper and th...

We have all seen pictures of plants growing in water beads.  They look great.  We had some water beads that I was going to throw out, so dec...