The Soap Sud Sapling
The Soap Sud Sapling began life in a washing machine. Yes, that's right. This particular washing machine lived in a darkened cupboard and as I went to put some clothes in it one day in 2010 I noticed a tiny piece of vegetation peeking its head up out of the rubber seal. My first thought was sunflower but, given that I regularly eat apples and not sunflowers, I think it more likely it was the beginnings of an apple tree. Sadly, I never did find out what it was as, despite my best efforts and some considerable progress, it was obviously too special to exist in this world.