Gardening Resources
Some great sites on growing your own food! Compiled by Elyse Grau.
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/ - Oregon State Extension Service Gardening pages. Garden hints, publications and videos
http://davesgarden.com/ - Membership site (free), user generated content. Good files on plants, including photos and gardener’s experiences with them.
http://ww.pesticide.org/ - Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
http://www.organicgardening.com/ - Organic Gardening Magazine – past articles available
http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetable1/Vegetable_Gardening_Tips.htm - Some useful articles here
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening - Most of the Cornell University site is dedicated to commercial growers, but this page is for vegetable gardeners
http://www.garden.org/foodguide/browse - National Gardening Association
Some good sources for seeds:
http://www.territorialseed.com - Territorial Seeds (Cottage Grove)
http://www.seedsofchange.com - Seeds of Change (they also have some articles)
http://www.reneesgarden.com - Renee’s Garden (includes former Shepherd’s Seeds)
http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com - Nichols Garden Nursery (Albany)
http://www.seedsavers.org - Seed Saver’s Exchange
http://www.heirloomseeds.com - Heirloom Seeds
Not a gardening website but useful if you preserve your bounty:
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/index.html - National Center for Home Food current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.
Suggested Gardening Books
- Solomon, Steve - Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades 6th edition
- Yepsen, Roger (ed) - The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect & Disease Control
- Ball, Jeff - Rodale’s Garden Problem Solver
- Pleasant, Barbara - The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases
- Sandbeck, Ellen- Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles (natural pest controls)

