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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

  • 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)
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