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Saturday, 25 September 2021

Mache, corn salad, lamb lettuce

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Mache ( Valerianella locusta ), also called lamb lettuce, or corn salad, is a small annual leaf vegetable.  It is used raw much like lettuce...
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Saturday, 18 September 2021

Pygmy Drosera gemmae sprouting

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Years ago I grew pymgy sundews, I really liked them.  I had a lot of species back then.  Strangely enough, even though they come from Austra...
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Saturday, 11 September 2021

Breeding Muscari Grape Hyacinth

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A couple of years ago I taught myself how to grow grape hyacinth Muscari armeniacum from seed .  Growing grape hyacinth from seed was reall...
Wednesday, 8 September 2021

My New Greenhouse

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I have grown plants for decades, strangely I have never used a greenhouse.   I once tried those tiny plastic covered ones, the plastic did n...
Saturday, 4 September 2021

Yam Daisy (murnong) from seed

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There are three species of native perennial root vegetable called Yam Daisy (also called Murnong), the one I am growing is Microseris walter...
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Saturday, 28 August 2021

Culinary Thyme: comparison of five varieties

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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...
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Sunday, 22 August 2021

Venus Flytrap Winter Dormancy

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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...
Saturday, 21 August 2021

Drosera binata over winter

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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...
Friday, 20 August 2021

Olive herb (Santolina rosmarinifolia)

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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 ...
Thursday, 12 August 2021

Venus Flytrap - Wally

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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...
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Saturday, 7 August 2021

Burdock and salsify - obscure root vegetables

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