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Re: Fw: A good Internet list of Garden and Home Composting Sites

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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 00:11:04 -0500 "Frank Teuton" <fteuton@total.net>
writes:
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim McNelly <compost@cloudnet.com>
> Tools for the Gardener Who Digs Around
> Online
> 
> By Joel M. Lerner
> 
> Saturday, January 1, 2000
> 
> The increasing amount of e-mail I receive indicates that more and 
> more of
> you are Internet-savvy. Here are my favorite Web sites for "Net 
> nuts" who
> do some digging in cyberspace as well as in gardens.
> 
> General Gardening
> 
> * The Garden Web Forums (www.gardenweb.com/forums/) claim to be
> the largest community of international gardeners on the Internet. If 
> you are
> interested in a particular topic--from "market gardening" to 
> "bassins et
> plantes aquatiques"--there is a good chance you will find a forum to 
> fit.
> 
> * Plant America (plantamerica.com) is the place to learn who's who 
> in the
> industry. It offers Horticulture Yellow Pages, listing, for example, 
> those
> who work in horticulture services, universities and extension. The 
> site also
> offers the most complete CD-ROM photos of perennials and woody
> plants on the market.
> 
> * Garden.com (www6.garden.com) is as good an interactive site as you
> will find. There are loads of good garden and landscape tips, 
> including how
> to design your grounds and get your questions answered. The site 
> claims to
> offer more than 20,000 products and a complete selection of 
> materials.
> 
> * Gardenweb.com (www.gardenweb.com) is well designed to surf around
> the world. The focus is plants-oriented, with a botanical glossary, 
> garden
> exchange, contests, bazaar, calendar of events, rose expertise, a 
> huge
> directory and direct links to plant experts from some of the top 
> companies
> in the world.
> 
> * The University of Maryland (www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/) offers the same
> great advice on the Web that you can get by calling the university, 
> plus a
> list of free and nominal-cost publications.
> 
> * Virginia Tech and Virginia State Universities
> (www.ext.vt.edu/news/releases/garden.html) have a noncommercial and
> information-packed site that directs you to the correct offices if 
> you need
> more data. Topics are listed by subject for easy reference.
> 
> * Cornell University (cce.cornell.edu/programs/ 
> ag/landscape-hort.html)
> offers one of the most complete databases of landscape and gardening
> information I have seen. You can design a garden, access a 
> 3,000-plant
> database and tap into many other resources. You'll be here for a 
> while.
> 
> * The University of Delaware (bluehen.ags.udel.edu/deces/) offers
> information on many garden and agriculture issues, including 
> diseases,
> plants and landscape design.
> 
> * Ohio State University (www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/hcs.html) has 
> put
> together a comprehensive site on everything from plant suggestions 
> to
> getting a degree in horticulture. It has a search mechanism and an
> easy-to-follow list of options that will take you into virtual and 
> actual facets
> of horticulture.
> 
> * Come Into My Garden (www.hal-pc.org/ trobb/horticul.html), a site
> developed by Tom Robb, features a great collection of information 
> and a
> complete list of master gardener programs--with humor and animation. 
> The
> information is a personal collection of extremely helpful tidbits in 
> no special
> order. Plan to spend your Saturday browsing.
> 
> * Ask Ms. Grow-It-All (homearts.com/depts/garden/groq12f1.htm) is a
> clever, easy-to-peruse site about many garden issues. Click through
> question after question and learn valuable tips.
> 
> Composting, Conservation and Nature
> 
> * Rot Web (net.indra.com/ topsoil/Compost_Menu.html) is a wittily
> named site presenting composting and numerous other environmentally
> sound methods of gardening. This simple, easy-to-navigate location 
> has a
> huge body of reading material.
> 
> * The Agriculture Department (www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/compost.html)
> breaks composting into its simplest form. It's good general 
> information and
> is laid out so you just hit "print" and get a hard copy of the 
> document
> without the advertising found on commercial sites.
> 
> * The Agriculture Department also offers information on mulching, 
> soil and
> water conservation, wildlife, ponds, wetland practices and many 
> other
> backyard conservation considerations
> (www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/Backyard.html). It's a no-nonsense,
> fact-filled site that's enjoyable to travel. The links take you to a 
> virtual
> library of other wildlife and nature preservation addresses.
> 
> * The Wild Ones Handbook (www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/wildones/)
> is exactly what it says, "A Voice for the Natural Landscaping 
> Movement."
> It offers information on every aspect of natural landscape design, 
> from
> seed collection to references and site preparation.
> 
> * The Bug Store (www.bugstore.com/) is a site where you will find 
> the
> latest on beneficial insects to protect your garden. They can be 
> purchased
> right on the Web and shipped fresh.
> 
> Herbs
> 
> * Dr. James Duke, one of the world's most knowledgeable people about
> medicinal plants, has developed a site 
> (www.ars-grin.gov/duke/index.html)
> with an incredible collection of herbal knowledge. It's the best 
> I've seen, in
> cyberspace or in print.
> 
> * Herb World (www.herbworld.com/), built by the Herb and Marketing
> Network, is good, easily accessible education for amateur browsers 
> or
> serious herb growers. You can click onto a list of related 
> associations,
> company contacts, exchange programs, chat and question-and-answer
> opportunities, a newsletter, a plant locator, herb gardens and more.
> 
> Native Plants
> 
> * The Virginia Native Plant Society (www.vnps.org/) offers local 
> native
> plant information. If you ever wondered what all the fuss about 
> native
> plants was about, this site will clarify all.
> 
> * Grand Prairie Friends (www.prairienet.org/gpf/natives.html) offers 
> a
> listing of native plant societies nationwide. Each society gives its 
> own twist
> on native plants, an idea that is fast turning into a movement. You 
> can
> easily spend several hours here.
> 
> Water Gardens
> 
> * Pete's Pond Page (reality.sgi.com/peteo/) is Pete Orelup's 
> compilation of
> material on pond equipment, suppliers and instructions. It was a 
> little slow
> in loading, but when it did, I saw why: Orelup presents his world of 
> water
> gardening in an enjoyable mix of text, diagrams and photos of 
> everything
> from bridge to bio-filter construction. 
> 
> * The Internet Pond Society (w3.one.net/ rzutt/index.html) fills in 
> any
> missing spaces on water gardens. After you exhaust this storehouse 
> of
> information, go to the links to numerous other resources by clicking 
> on
> "Visit Other Pond Pages."
> 
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