| Vol.
I, No. 4 |
January
Thaw |
Jan.
19th, 2001 |
Links to Farm & Garden On-Line
Gardner's Supply, Plus Some Useful Seed Sites
The amount of info on the web is enormous, as
anyone who's ever tried to run a search can attest to. And, to put it all
in context, best estimates say that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's
out there is actually making its way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So
each issue, we post a few links in Farm & Garden to sites that might
interest you. Sometimes the links will be related to one another
... sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In
either case, we think we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've
been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link
we provide will be of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the
noise and the bustle. ...
Links to Gardner's Supply, Plus
Some Useful Seed Sites ...
This month's selections include sites devoted to seed
sites ...
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Gardener's Supply - Gardening Information
"America's Gardening Resource" is how
Gardner's Supply, the Burlington-based outfit out in The
Intervale, bills itself. This is the Gardening Info
section of their web site. ... The site is
reasonably fast and well organized, with lots of useful
info..
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Here, you'll find links to Gardening Bulletins,
where you can "learn the basics" ... Question
& Tip of the Week, where you can "learn and share
gardening information" ... Q&A, where you can use
an on-line form to pose a question ... and Success
Stories, where customers can "share their
stories." In addition, there are Product
Bulletins, as well as something called Garden Activist™
-- a section with info on biodiversity, organic gardening,
community action, and biotech. Finally, the
Innovative Gardener link includes monthly articles that
are archived back to January 1999.
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Gardener's Supply is "a company of gardeners."
And one thing's for sure: They know what'll grow in
this climate. If you haven't already, check out
their site. But even if you have, odds are, you
haven't even begun to tap all the resources they have to
offer.
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
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Seeds of Change - Organic Garden Seeds
If you're really into gardening ...
really ... then you probably know about one of the
potentially risky practices associated with many modern
seed varieties: Most of them are F1 hybrids, which
means you can't save and use the seeds from them. ...
That wouldn't do for my uncle Cesare, who, while he
lived, for more than fifty years, planted his tomatoes,
peppers, eggplant, and more ... then saved the seeds
from the best of the crop, dried them, and used them
again the next year. ... So, now comes
Seeds of Change, an on-line gardening store that focuses
all its attention on organic, 'open-pollinating' seeds
... the harvest & re-use variety. They offer
seeds only from certified organic growers, as well as heirloom
and rare traditional varieties. And the site, a
Yahoo store, is fairly quick and easy to
navigate. The site also includes info and color photos of wide variety of
plants, aQ&A on gardening, and photo
essays on organic gardening. We like to encourage folks to
shop locally whenever possible. So if you know of
a similar type of outlet that operates locally, let us
know. Meanwhile, here's one way to encourage
diversity.
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
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Johnny's selected
Seeds -- Links Page
Johnny's has been around since 1973.
Not only that, but, located in Maine, they usually
have a good supply of cold-hardy, short-season
varieties. ...
This is a link to Johnny's Links page,
which contains jumps to 10 General Gardening Sites ...
2 Magazine Sites ... 4 Specialty Gardening Sites
{including hydroponics & hot peppers} ... 4 Herb
Related Sites ... 4 for Commercial Growers ...
and much more, including Community Gardening, sites
about Weather, and Children's Gardening.
Johnny's also operates a certified organic farm where
they conduct research and "grow, breed, and
evaluate over 4000 new and experimental varieties each
year."
For info, and for solid seed choices,
Johnny's is definitely worth a visit. ...
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
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If you know of any links that you think are
worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
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If we agree, we'll be happy to include them
in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks.
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