2019-09-09 19:36
I just can’t throw away eggshells in the garbage even living in a small apartment with no possibility of a compost pile. So I save them. Leave them in the oven when I bake something so… Read More
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There are lots of useful plants that can be grown as houseplants. Why not have your houseplants do double or triple duty? They can make your house look nice, clean the air and also provide vitamin-packed food or other valuable fruit.
2019-08-17 19:38
2019-08-17 02:49
Another plant growing from old seed (6-10 years old). Aren’t seeds amazing? Ephedra sinica is somewhat notorious, because ephedrine was purified from it and used in excess by people wa… Read More
2019-08-12 17:27
99% of the time I won’t remember what I planted in such and such a pot. So I always need to identify the seeds that I planted.I do this by cutting up aluminum cans like soda or juice c… Read More
2019-08-10 17:24
This is my lemongrass plant. I grew it from seed. And get this. The seeds were at least six years old. I have a lot of old seeds that I got six to ten years ago. So I thought I might as well… Read More
2016-08-01 23:27
I had a lemon plant and a lime plant that I bought from a nursery. One died after I had it for a couple of years. I had to throw the other one out, because it got infested with bugs, aphid… Read More
2016-07-20 01:28
I’m back. After a 7-year hiatus I am back to talking about useful houseplants. Although I did not have much space for growing plants inside and still don't, I have learned… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I've moved to Washington state, and we live on an acre lot, so I have a lot more room to grow stuff outside. I have discovered that it takes more than dropping some seeds into the ground to… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I didn't know they were one and the same. Thank you Greenblogosphere.Now I have a 5 foot Fragrant Spring tree that I got from Raintree Nursery and two little Chinese Toons that I've grown fr… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
For the past 4 or 5 years I have been trying to grow an Avocado tree from seeds of avocados that I buy in the grocery store. None have sprouted. I remember in younger years doing this freque… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I've always had an aloe vera plant that I've used for burns. Takes the pain away immediately. It's also antiseptic and helps scrapes and wounds heal, but I read somewhere a long time ago tha… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
The plastic bag method is just the best for getting seeds started.I had a few Hoodia seeds left over from the ones I bought last year, so a few weeks ago I planted all but two in small pots… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
I bought this little bottle from the health food store. It says it has Gac fruit plus other fruit juices. Now I find that Gac (also called Spiny Gourd or all these names if you are into lang… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
My Ginkgo seeds are growing. I've had them in the fridge since last fall when I picked them up from a park that has several ginkgo trees in downtown Portland. I put them in plastic bags (out… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
Newstarget came out with an article about soap nuts. They contain soapy substances called saponins. You can use them to wash your clothes and make a general purpose cleanser. They also can b… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
The Sweet Prayer, aka Katemfe (or Katempfe) or ego, is a Western African plant that is 1500 times sweeter than sugar. But I give up; after looking high and low on the Internet for months, I… Read More
2008-11-13 12:14
Sand Mountain Herbs has lots and lots of seeds of useful herbs. Actually many will be recognizable as common weeds. Is someone really going to plant Dandelion? On the other hand, there are… Read More
2008-03-01 18:46
I found a source for Gac fruit seeds as in my post last year. They call it Wooden Turtle. I love perusing the Horizon Herbs site. The guy talks familiarly about almost all the plants they o… Read More
2007-12-12 04:45
I found another source for Lemon Grass. They sell the Cymbopogon citratus variety. Tropilab also has seeds for other tropical fruits like Barbados Cherry and Guanabana Read More
2006-12-10 23:00
My two little stevia plants succumbed to damping off disease, I guess. They were growing about an inch but then withered and died. I had one hoodia plant growing last summer, but it also di… Read More
2006-09-06 05:10
I complained a couple of months ago about my stevia seeds not growing. But I made a last ditch effort and put the few seeds remaining in a plastic baggie with a damp paper towel, and now I d… Read More
2006-08-09 01:10
Last year I had bad luck with my Goji seedlings and a couple of weeks ago I checked the seeds I had left and they seemed all soft and moist. I thought they're probably not any good any more… Read More
2006-07-26 00:37
Here's a great idea for growing apples in your house or patio. One Green World has three kinds of apples that you can grow in a container and they bear apples along the main trunk. The descr… Read More
2006-07-12 04:24
I'm not having as much luck with my stevia seeds. The company I bought them from (Whatcom Seeds Co.) was a little stingy with the seeds. I only go about 6 or 8 seeds in my package. I plant… Read More
2006-07-10 00:56
I remember when I lived in Colombia we used to drink this guanabana juice a lot. I never realized that this plant has so many medicinal uses including anti-cancer, anti-parasitic (very impor… Read More
2006-07-04 02:32
I planted two of the Hoodia Gordonii seeds I bought last year, and they both came up. This is really exciting, because I was afraid I waited too long and they wouldn't sprout. And I didn't… Read More
2006-06-10 05:58
Found a place (Jene's Tropicals) to buy a clove tree. Very expensive, but I would love to have one. Lots of information about cloves here. They sell seeds here, but sounds like they are no… Read More
2006-04-29 03:52
I added this to my list. I'm really getting away from houseplants, as this is something that you would sow in your garden annually. But it sounds like it is a very useful plant. Chia seeds… Read More
2006-04-27 17:58
Many people are asking about where to get Goji Berry seeds or plants. I bought mine on eBay. Here are some other places that sell seeds and/or plants.Timpanogos Nursery Sand Mountain HerbsLo… Read More
2006-04-25 22:44
Several people have commented on their successful growing of Goji Berry plants, but the comments are all over, so let me relist them here.Seeds from dried Goji berriesAlso from dried Goji be… Read More
2006-04-18 21:33
Another addition to my list, although this normally wouldn't be a houseplant. Yacon can be easily grown outdoors. A great natural low calorie snack food that is actually good for you.How Sw… Read More
2006-03-03 05:39
I have been reading lately about the many facets of Vitamin C. Ascorbic acid is only part of the Vitamin C complex. Although it seems that Ascorbic acid works for me, most likely the whole… Read More
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