growing things

  • Chicory on repeat

    Chicory – Cichorium intybus i grew up thinking chicory was a native plant – it’s pretty ubiquitous along roadsides throughout…

  • should i even write this scandalous post?

    what is my attitude on invasive plants? it’s no good when non-native plants usurp a habitat and overwhelm native plant…

  • spiderwort (the kind you can eat)

    Tradescantia either ohiensis or virginiana. the two species are very similar in appearance. hairy sepals and relative height (ohiensis being…

  • a tuber of many names

    African Potato Mint | Plectranthus rotundifolius once upon an adventure in permaculture, i searched the interweb for plants that give…