Tuesday 8 October 2019
Golden Orb Weaver Spider
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A few years ago a Golden orb weaver ( Nephila edulis ) spider made her web on our deck. She grew huge. Her web was largely out of the way ...
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Friday 4 October 2019
Parsley as a vegetable rather than a herb
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Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum ) is a great plant that is highly nutritious, undervalued, and underutilised. It should be grown and used as ...
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Tuesday 1 October 2019
Stencils on Apples Using Sunlight
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Have you ever looked closely at the skin of a red apple? Have you ever noticed how it is red where the sun hit and green where it was shade...
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Sunday 8 September 2019
What does azolla taste like
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Azolla is a free floating fern that has a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous cyanobacteria called Anabaena. This symbiotic relations...
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Wednesday 21 August 2019
Intergeneric hybrids
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The other day someone linked to my post on strawberry x raspberry hybrids on Reddit and my blog post got a lot of views. While this was re...
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Monday 5 August 2019
Pineapple sage
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Years ago we bought a small plant called Pineapple Sage ( Salvia elegans ) . It was amazing, my kids loved it, I loved it, and it grew well...
Monday 22 July 2019
The best culinary thyme variety: Jekka's Thyme
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I have a (possibly bad) habit of growing new and interesting vegetables. Some things grow exceptionally well for me, other things I can’...
Thursday 18 July 2019
Tomato Breeding
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One of my favourite tomatoes is Japanese Black Trifele (spelled a few different ways). They taste amazing, they usually crop heavily for me...
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Monday 1 July 2019
Wasabi herb
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A few years ago I bought a small edible herb that was called "wasabi salad herb" ( Diplotaxis erucoides ). Apparently there are...
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