Thursday 7 July 2022
Black Nebula Purple Carrots
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I have never been overly good at growing carrots ( Daucus carota sativus ). For me they always take a long time to produce decent sized roo...
Saturday 2 July 2022
Praying mantis
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I like praying mantis, they are formidable predators killing and eating many pest insects in my vegetable garden. They are also fascinating...
Monday 27 June 2022
Blood Sorrel - Rumex sanguineus
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I have grown garden sorrel ( Rumex acetosa ) for years. I originally had a variety that never flowered, which was pretty great as it always...
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Monday 20 June 2022
Zea diploperennis cobs Australia
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This past summer I grew a perennial corn. This one is Zea diploperennis x Zea mays , I believe it has been back crossed and contains rough...
Thursday 16 June 2022
My kids are stronger than you
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I have always been skinny. Sometimes I was skinny and strong, other times I was skinny fat. Skinny fat sounds like an oxymoron, but it is ...
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Monday 13 June 2022
Growing Sarracenia from seed
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Growing Sarracenia pitcher plants from seed is a little more difficult than growing something like a tomato from seed. Sarracenia seeds nee...
Sunday 5 June 2022
Growing ferns from spores at home
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Years ago, back when I was in high school, I used to grow ferns from spores. I am not really sure what varieties I grew as most I collected...
Monday 30 May 2022
Elusive white borage
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Back in 2016 or 2017 I got some borage ( Borago officinalis ) seeds and grew out some borage plants. I allowed my plants to self seed and i...
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Growing pygmy sundews from gemmae
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Last year I got some pygmy sundew gemmae. Gemmae is sort of like a cutting that the plants made themselves. I find it fascinating that a f...
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Tuesday 17 May 2022
Vft Schuppensteil - Upright Red Traps
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I got some unnamed Venus flytraps a year or two ago. These were cheap as it was a mix of varieties and the names had been lost. There was ...
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