Home & Garden

Building and maintenance of dwellings and their grounds.

Sub-headings:

Home Energy Efficiency

Home Maintenance & Improvement

Old Houses

General Gardening

Specific Plants & Gardening Techniques

Lawns & Landscaping

Home Construction

Resources in this category:

Better Homes and Gardens
http://www.bhg.com/

Contains articles from the magazine, but also many other resources such as the "How-to Encyclopedia," other DIY guides and articles, discussion forums, and a searchable index of the site.

CalFlora Database
http://www.calflora.org/

The CalFlora Database is a collaborative digital library project between the USDA Forest Service, UC Berkeley Digital Library, and the UC David Information Center for the Environment. This database contains "geographic and ecological distribution information for 8,363 California vascular plant taxa."

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/

A USDA directory of land-grant universities linking you to state extension offices across the US.

European Plant Index - The only guide to European horticulture
http://www.plantindex.com/index.asp

A comprehensive site dealing with gardening and horticulture. Commercial information includes directories of florists, garden centers, and other professionals. Non-commercial information includes articles, databases, associations, and personal Web sites. Includes a section on software and electronic resources and a discussion forum. Resources on this site are instructive, permanently updated and classified. In Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.

Gardenfork's Page - The Green House
http://green-house.tv/profile/Gardenfork

A weekly web video show about gardening, cooking, and other home-making issues. Includes a lot of practical information on a variety of topics like composting, drying herbs, and repairing interior walls.

Georgia Native Plant Society
http://www.gnps.org/index.html

Provides a wealth of information about Georgia's native plants, using native plants in landscaping and gardening, and identifying native plants.

Home and Garden Information Center
http://hgic.clemson.edu/

"This site offers information and more than 400 factsheets from Clemson University on landscape, garden and indoor plants; insects, plant diseases and other problems; and food safety and preservation."

Home & Garden Television
http://www.hgtv.com/

This official website for the cable network offers articles and how-to instructions in the areas of building and remodeling, crafts, decorating, food, gardening, real estate, and finance. Searchable.

HomeownerNet
http://www.homeownernet.com/

Comprehensive site with information about various home and garden topics. Includes chat rooms, calendar of home shows, articles, DIY projects, and links to other sources.

LivingWithBugs.com : Least-Toxic Solutions to Common Bug Problems
http://www.livingwithbugs.com/

Check this site for free information on the least toxic ways to manage common bug problems in the home, garden, business and everyday life. Visit the Frequently Asked Question site and use the forums to ask questions about bugs and gardening. The authors bring years of experience as an Urban Extension Specialist at Oregon State University and as a Nursery and Christmas Tree Inspector for the Oregon Department of Agriculture with degrees in entomology and horticulture.

Martha Stewart Living
http://www.marthastewart.com/

Articles on cooking, gardening, crafts, holidays, weddings, and more.

The New Homemaker
http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/index.php

"A Domestic Renaissance being crafted by women and men who've chosen to stay at home to work and raise children, and are reinventing and reviving lost household arts. Resources for cleaning and crafts, health and thrift, childcare and elder care favor a traditional and environmentally friendly wisdom of the hearth. "

NGA Question and Answer Page
http://garden.garden.org/searchqa/

"Here you can tap into the expert knowledge of the National Gardening Association (NGA). If you have a gardening question, just type it in and we'll dig up an answer for you within a couple of days. Before you ask your question, search the Question and Answer Library to see if a similar question has been answered."

The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/

Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.