Resources for Better Gardening (17)

You Grow Girl
This cleverly titled website dishes the dirt on everything and anything garden-related. You can start by browsing the articles, which contain helpful gardening tips and advice. You can read plant journals. Check out the Garden area which contains information on starting a garden, as well as garden design. The Grow section discusses plants and how to care for them. Surf on over to Explore to gain information on the "fascinating world of plants". Or "Play" in the section that focuses on plant art, toys, downloads and other fun things. Not often found in garden sites, the "Use" section tells you how to prepare, cook, eat and use what your garden gave you.

Classroom Hydroponics
More and more people are using hydroponic lessons in the classroom to teach students about the basic principles of science. This is a useful lesson from the National Gardening Association that includes a break-down of lessons and photographs. From an introduction, to a chapter about meeting plant needs through factors such as nutrients and pH, to planting advice, the course also has a chapter about hydroponic systems. It includes a number of school setups for children to grow hydroponic plants, including Styrofoam, milk cartons and soda bottles. There are classroom stories and more to illustrate using hydroponic gardening to teach science in the classroom.

Gardening Tips, Design Ideas and Planting Techniques
This wonderful resource covers it all. From this About.com guide, you'll learn about the Garden Design Awards and how you can enter. The site also features a link to pronouncing botanical Latin, a great tool for any serious gardener. Five quick tips for super summer gardens are listed and the fifties art icon—pink flamingos—is discussed. And if you are looking to grow luscious melons organically, there is info on that topic as well.

How-To Hydroponics
Ths is the website for a popular hydroponics book by Keith Roberto. In it, readers can learn the best kept secrets of building and gardening with high-yield aeroponic and hydroponic systems you can build. Hydroponic gardening is the most productive way to grow all varieties of plants, and those raised in a hydroponic system will exhibit maximum yield, flavor, vitamin and essential oil content. How-To Hydroponics shows each step of the hydroponic growing process with clear photographs and diagrams and includes step-by-step hydroponics system plans to build eight types of hydroponic and aeroponics systems.

Gardening Advice from the Royal Horticultural Society
Botanists, entomologists, plant pathologists, plant physiologists and soil scientists work closely with a team of experienced general horticultural advisers. Together they respond to the scientific and advisory needs of RHS members. The site contains information on a wide range of topics to help with your gardening. Learn about brown leaves on trees, camellias, popular plants, popular horticultural topics, garden design or weather conditions.