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January 04, 2005A Directory of Specialty Gardening Catalogs
I generally do not cover e-commerce related sites. In the case of Cyndi's Catalog of Gardening Catalogs I will make an exception, because a) it's very obviously the work of an enthusiast, b) it's very well-annotated, and c) as far...
Continue reading "A Directory of Specialty Gardening Catalogs" » February 18, 2004Bonsai Web Sites
Interested in very small trees? Then you'll like the list of bonsai sites available at Hav.com's Bonsai on the Web ( http://www.hav.com/bonsai/ ). Actually this site divides its bonsai sites into two categories: commercial and personal. The Nursery and Supplier...
November 30, 2003Water-Wise Plants for California Gardens
The California fires of 2003 have inspired a lot of Web resources, including a guide to water-saving, fire resistant plants. You can find it at http://bewaterwise.com/. Click straight to the Southern California Heritage Gardening Guide for a guide to over...
Continue reading "Water-Wise Plants for California Gardens" » January 21, 2003Database of Herbs and Botanical Information
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center sponsors a database of information about herbs, botanicals and other products, such as vitamins and other supplements, at http://www.mskcc.org/aboutherbs . Search by entering a keyword in the search box or click on the alphabetical...
Continue reading "Database of Herbs and Botanical Information" » October 07, 2002Get Your Pumpkins Now
A few weeks before Halloween, and several weeks before pumpkin pie time, check out this database of pumpkin patches at http://www.localharvest. org/pumpkins.jsp . Search on this site is simple; you can search by either state or zip code. Once you...
September 14, 2002California Fungi
Did you know there are as many as 1500 different species of fleshy fungi, or mushrooms, growing in the state of California? Sure you did. They grow all over the state, in forests, deserts, grasslands, farmlands and other places. The...
August 06, 2002Gardening Off the LaunchpadJanuary 10, 2001It's-Like-Nature-Man-Wow (Nature Search Engine)
NatureServe ( http://www.natureserve.org/index. htm ) is a search engine cataloging conservation information on over 50,000 plants, animals, and "ecological communities" in North America. You can search for either plants and animals or ecological communities. The plant and animal search allows...
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