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The Worldwide Gardener
We've compiled a short list below of some the more useful gardening websites we've found. For a more comprehensive list, check out the first two sites listed, Agrisurf and The Gardening Launch Pad.
Have fun surfing and come back soon.
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AgriSurf
This a relatively new but very well-done directory of agricultural links.
Includes a searchable list of over 5000 agricultural & gardening related links separated into 30 categories.
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The Gardening Launch Pad
A large list of gardening-related resources on the net with 1700 gardening links in 60 categories.
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National Gardening Association
A very informative and well-designed site.
Includes selected articles from the current issue of the NGA magazine, a searchable article library,
and a Question & Answer library and service.
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Virtual Garden
Time-Warner's gardening website. A plant encyclopedia and loads of other resources.
An online version of Barbara Burton's book, Gardening by Mail, and portions of Sunset magazine.
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GardenWeb
Several online gardening magazines and resources including;
Sesbania's Gardening Tips, The Rosarian, the Cyber-Plantsman, the Garden Spider's Web and the GardenWeb Forums.
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UC Integrated Pest Management Project
The University of California IPM Project develops and promotes the use of integrated,
ecologically-sound pest management programs.
Their indispensible UC Pest Management Guidelines are now available online.
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HomeArts: Bloom!
Hearst Corporation's gardening website. Gardening encyclopedia, book reviews and excerpts from their magazines.
Also, team hosts the Botanica Club with Garden Escape (see above).
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Children
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kinderGarden
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.
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Composting
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Cornell Composting
A good source of information on composting.
Some topics may be too technical to be relevant for the home composter but much is still useful or intriguing.
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Compost Resource Page
Nicely organized site with lots of general composting information and some good links.
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Rot Web Home Composting
Basic composting information.
Composting resource list and a list of home composting demonstration sites in North America.
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Plant Pathology
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PPIGB: Plant Pathology Internet Guidebook
An Internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology and related fields.
A bit technical but many resources are still useful for the home gardener. Note: The server can be a bit slow at times.
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Online databases
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The Plant Tracker
A huge database of plants with practical uses searchable by name, common name, family, uses, hardiness zone, soil types, moisture levels and pH requirements.
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Herbs
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Algy's Herb Page
A nice looking site focused on information on how to grow your own herbs, medicinal uses, recipe and seed exchange.
Mostly links to other pages with some original content.
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Orchids
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The Orchid House
Loads of good information about orchids. Extremely informative.
Includes information on all aspects of orchid culture and orchid showing. Pointers to several discussion lists.
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The Orchid Mall
Maintains a list of orchid events, plant sources, services, supplies and software.
The Reading Room is a collection of pointers to articles and essays on orchid keeping and culture.
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