In March 2021 I bought ten small shubunkin goldfish.   The fish arrived in the post, and were lovely small colourful fish.  I put them in a ...

I love coriander ( Coriandrum sativum ), it is a great edible herb. People either love coriander or they hate coriander, there does not appe...

I was transplanting my seed grown potatoes the other day.  I have a few different breeding lines, some diploid, some tetraploid, some wild a...

There are a few different species of dandelion, the one that is common in lawns is T araxacum officionale .  It grows pretty yellow flowers,...

You have probably seen, or at least heard of, white asparagus.  There are no varieties of white asparagus, but the good news is that you can...

Lawn daisies ( Bellis perennis )  are a small edible perennial plant.  I am told that they grow as a weed in the lawn, I wish they grew as a...

Lavender mint ( Mentha sp ) is a vigorous growing, edible variety of mint.  I really wanted to try 'lavender mint' ever since I hear...

I really like maidenhair ferns.  They are one of the few ornamental plants that I will happily grow.  They don't have any use other tha...

Last year I bought a "Big Vigorous" Venus flytrap. The few pictures I had seen on the internet made this look like a great plant, ...

Last year we bought a purple cauliflower from the markets.  I am not a huge fan of cauliflower, but I liked that one.  It was a bit sweeter ...

I grow some varieties of micro tomatoes, the plants themselves reach about 10cm (4 inch) tall.  I also grow another variety of tomato with w...