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Today I’m happy to welcome Benjamin Kane Ethridge , the Bram Stoker Award winning author of BLACK & ORANGE (Bad Moon Books, 2010), who’s guest blogging here today. {scroll down for the giveaway} In his latest book, BOTTLED ABYSS,   Herman and Janet Erikson are going through a crisis of grief and suffering after losing their daughter in a hit and run. They’ve given up on each other. One afternoon their dog goes missing in the coyote-infested badlands behind their property. Herman goes to find the dog, completely unaware he’s on a hike to the River Styx, the border between the Living world and the world of the dead. What Herman discovers about the dark power contained in those waters will change his and Janet’s lives forever… —————————————————————————————————————— How to write by the seat of your pants: outline or no by Benjamin Kane Ethridge Read more »

How fast does the Wollemi pine grow? LOOKING FOR RARE AND UNUSUAL SEEDS? THEN CLICK HERE FOR THE ‘SEEDS OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP Believe to have been extinct for approximately 200 million years and previously only known from the fossil record, the Wollemi pine -Wollemia nobilis, was re-discovered 1994 when around 100 specimens were found by accident in a gorge in the Wollemi nation park, Australia. Despite the name, the Wollemi pine is not a true pine, nor a member of the pine family – Pinaceae, but is in fact related to Agathis and Araucaria in the family Araucariaceae – many of whose species are also known as ‘pines’. So back to the question of how fast does the Wollemi pine grow? Well of course this will depend on your Wollemi pine being provided favourable growing conditions, otherwise growth rate will become either insignificant or even attritional! Luckily, Wollemi pines are tough and adaptable, and will grow best in a well-drained, acidic to neutral soil. Do not plant in areas prone