Back in 2019 I bought some seeds of a flower called 'Johnny Jump up' or 'Heartsease' ( Viola tricolor ).  It is one of the w...

A few years ago, a grower friend sent me some seeds as a surprise (thanks Beauze).  There were some really amazing seeds in there.  I was de...

When I was in high school I bought a small cactus, at the time it had a label that called it something along the lines of 'Snowy'.  ...

I like liverworts, they are interesting little plants.  They don't have a significant economic importance, and they are small, so mostly...

I wrote in an earlier post about saving asparagus seed from my purple asparagus plants .  It was a bit of work, but the result was worth the...

I have grown asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) from seed many times.  Growing from sed is fiddly and takes time.  It takes a few years to ...

This year I grew a tomato called Zolotoe serdtse (золотое сердце), this roughly translates to something along the lines of golden heart, or ...

One of my first attempts at breeding tomatoes is also one of my best.  This project began when I was in high school where I had limited acce...

I have been breeding dandelions ( Taraxacum officinale ) for a few years.  Not just deliberately growing them, but intentionally breeding wi...