Gardening Links

General:

• Container gardening
• Better Homes and Gardens Plant Encyclopedia
• Canada's Plant Hardiness Site - Going Beyond the Zones, Natural Resources Canada http://planthardiness.gc.ca/?m=1
• GardenWeb gardening reference and forums
  • GardenWeb Name That Plant!
  • GardenWeb Small Spaces / Urban Gardening
• I Can Garden a Canadian gardening site with links and gardening information
• The North American Native Plant Society
• North Scaping free resource and community website for gardeners and home landscapers living in northern North America (hardiness zones 1-5)
• Northern Gardening (USA)
• Yard and Garden Searchable database (College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University)
• Zone Maps - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada http://planthardiness.gc.ca/?m=1

Garden Health:

• biological control agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America
• Care for Plants while on Vacation
• Carin Gibbs' gardening tips
• Companion Planting
• Composting at Home
• The Dirt Doctor organic recipes for soil and pest control
• GardenGuides.com
  • Home Remedies for Insect Control
  • Perennials
  • How to Make Clay Soil Better
  • How to Make Soil Organic
• Holiday Watering (scroll down to the bottom of the linked page)
• Home and Grounds Pests Fact Sheets (Cornell University)
• The Old Farmer's Almanac Companion Planting Guide
• Organic Lawn Care For the Cheap and Lazy
• Tips and articles from the pages of Fine Gardening
• Tree Care
• Conserving Water: How to Water Container Gardens

Herbs:

• Garden Guides - How to Plant Herb Gardens
• The Gourmet Spot Grow an Herb Garden
• Herbs commonly used in our Kitchen growing and using herbs from the kitchen garden
• Richters Herb Information Sheets

Birds and Butterflies:

• Bird Songs
• Bloom's butterfly garden basics
• David Suzuki Foundation:
  • How to create a pollinator-friendly garden includes list of "Plants that attract bees"
  • how to create a butterfly garden
  • Why You Should Leave the Leaves : "Butterflies begin in leaves, as larvae"
• Insect Identification Laboratory at Virginia Tech
• Unpave the Way for Hummingbirds

Catalogues:

• OSC seeds bought Aimers
• Heritage Seed Program Canada
• Richter's Herbs
• Seeds of Distinction

Magazines:

• Country Living Gardener Magazine
• Fine Gardening Magazine
• Herb Net Ezine
• Natural Life Organic Gardening Magazine
• Old Farmer's Almanac

Newsgroups and Forums:

• rec.gardens newsgroup
• rec.gardens.edible newsgroup
• GardenWeb Forums several kinds of gardening discussions
• my phpBB discussions (archive)

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ejm (aka llizard)
Toronto Ontario Canada