Organic seeds: How organic can they really be?

6 May 2012 by  
Categories: Organic Gardening

Question by Hayden: Organic seeds: How organic can they really be? Hi, I was wondering how organic are so-called organic vegetable/fruit seeds such as tomatoes? Basically, I’m interested in the the intent of growing absolutely organic Tomatoes, chilli’s, peppers etc. I understand the concept of a mortal growing them organically i.e organic soil, compost, fertilisers [...]

Save Your Organic Vegetable Seed and Save Money

30 January 2011 by  
Categories: Organic Gardening

Collecting organic vegetable seed from your own garden is a great way to preserve your favourite plant varieties and at the same time save your bank balance. Plants grown from seeds obviously take a little longer to produce edible crops than those grown from seedlings, but it’s definitely more satisfying when the seed comes from [...]

Are there any restrictions on the import of tropical plant seeds into the UK?

22 November 2010 by  
Categories: Organic Gardening

Question by Katy B: Are there any restrictions on the import of tropical plant seeds into the UK? I really want to buy some miracle fruit seeds so I can grow my own plant (if you are unaware of this plant, here is a link -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit) and have found some on ebay, but it states [...]