Potatoes are a classic kitchen staple, and one that’s easy for most people to try growing at home, whether it’s a single plant on a …
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How to Grow Your Own Kumara (Sweet Potato)
This is a full lifecycle growing guide on how to grow your own kumara (sweet potato) plants. We’ll start with different methods of propagating kumara …
Growing Swan Plant (Milkweed) for Monarchs
If you are keen to help monarch butterflies, why not add a butterfly-friendly buffet to your garden by growing swan plants for monarch caterpillars? Swan …
Free Seed Information Label Templates
In our post about seed packaging, storage, and labelling I promised follow-on freebie for recording information on seed packets. Here are four free seed label …
Organised Seed Storage, Packaging, and Labelling
Whether you’re buying, gathering, or swapping seeds, the basics of seed storage are fairly straightforward. But actually keeping your seed collection inventoried and well-organised over …