WHERE IS SORRENTO?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOPYou would have surely heard of Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Naples and the delights of the Amalfi coast, but where should you stay if you wanted to see...
View ArticleWHAT IS LIGHT POLLUTION?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP. There have been many reports recently about the disappearance of our native wildlife with headlines focusing on the decline on bats numbers, endangered...
View ArticleHOW TO MAKE LIMONCELLO
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP. If you have spent any time in southern Italy, and in particular Sorrento, you will find that almost everyone and anyone is producing and selling home...
View ArticleHYACINTHS
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP After suffering with yet another wet English winter, the sight of a newly emerging hyacinth flower is enough to warm the hardest of hearts. Their richly...
View ArticleECHIUMS
Want to buy Echium Seed? Then click here to visit the 'Garden of Eaden' seed shop. Echium is a genus of 40 species of hardy and half-hardy annuals and biennials - the biennials within this family will...
View ArticleTHE BLUE AGAVE
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP The Blue Agave - Agave tequilana, is an important economic crop, native to the volcanic soils of Southern Mexico. Why so important? Because the blue agave...
View ArticleTHE SECRET TO GROWING GIANT LEMONS
Can you do better?CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP Have you ever wanted to impress your fruit growing friends with exceptionally large lemons? The chances are that you probably haven't,...
View ArticleWHY IS MY TREE FERN DEAD?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP Before I start, I am going right back to basics. Why? Because there is a difference between knowing and understanding. Knowing why your tree fern has died...
View ArticleWHY ARE THE LEAVES ON MY LEMON TREE TURNING YELLOW?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP If you have ever grown lemon trees before then you will find that they are not a particularity difficult species. However, it doesn't take long for their...
View ArticleHOW TO GROW BLACKCURRANTS
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN' SEED SHOP. Sitting on the back of the blueberry super-food craze, the humble British blackcurrant is having somewhat of a revival. With most of the country’s...
View ArticleHOW TO GROW DAHLIAS
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN' SEED SHOP.Most Dahlias are bought in the spring as pre-pack sections of tuberous roots and these are very easy to deal with if you want to start them off early. If...
View ArticleTIME TO UP YOUR GROWING GAME
By featured author Vanessa I just heard about a fantastic new system for doing some indoor gardening. It doesn’t matter to me what you are going to be growing – in fact maybe it’s better I don’t know,...
View ArticleHOW TO GROW LEEKS FROM SEED
WANT TO BUY GIANT LEEK SEED? CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN' SEED SHOP Leek seeds are best sown from the last week of January and right up until the end of February. Unlike onions which can be...
View ArticleWHAT DO PLANTS EAT?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN SEED SHOP Like us, plants require certain conditions to survive. An abundance of oxygen and carbon dioxide, a specific temperature, and water. Also like us they need...
View ArticleCLEMATIS montana 'Grandiflora'
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN SEED SHOP If you ignore the blousy, old fashioned clematis hybrids, Clematis montana 'Grandiflora' has got to be one of the most impressive flowering climbing plants...
View ArticleBIOLOGICAL POND FILTERS
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN SEED SHOP As water temperatures increase with the heat of the summer sun, they will also raise the metabolism of your fish and the amount of faecal matter they...
View ArticleWALBERTON OPEN GARDENS
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN SEED SHOP If you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the closed, 'stiff-upper' doors of a sleepy English village? Then a singular opportunity presented itself on...
View ArticleHOW FAST IS THE CHEETAH?
CLICK HERE FOR THE 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ SEED SHOPWhen a cheetah sets off to run down its prey, you can see that the entire animal has evolved for speed. Lightweight body, explosive power, there isn't...
View ArticleATHENS: The Arch of Hadrian
CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW 'GARDEN OF EADEN’ WEBSITE AND SEED SHOP The Arch of Hadrian is a monumental gateway resembling – in some respects - a Roman triumphal arch. It was erected by the Athenians...
View ArticlePEAFOWL AND PEACOCKS
CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW 'GARDEN OF EADEN WEBSITE' AND SEED SHOP Peafowl are best known for the male's fabulous train of feathers. Correctly called a peacock, he usually displays this to the female....
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