Flowering Currant I will always remember my visits to my grand parents’ house in Cardiff because their back garden had two very bi...

Male Ladybird Spider ( Eresus sandaliatus ). Photo by Viridiflavus. You have probably not even heard of the Ladybird Spider but th...

Chickweed in flower Chickweed ( Stellaria media )  is a very common weed found growing in many places in the world, but whilst it...

Many people today suffer from arthritis and gout but what a lot of them don’t realise is that their painful condition is made worse by man...

Lamb's Lettuce or Corn Salad Corn Salad or Lamb’s Lettuce ( Valerianella locusta ) is an edible plant that, as its name aptly su...

Why moths fascinate me? Since I was a little boy and discovered my first caterpillars, and found out how some types turn into moths th...

My pineapple Years ago when I lived in the Ely council estate in Cardiff, I made the news a few times because of the exotic fruit ...