Resources on Gardening Topics (02)

The Garden Link's Guide to Gardening
This Internet gardening guide will help you with shopping for plants and seeds, finding the best bulbs for holly holiday blooms, and every so often a special product will be featured. A spotlight on other websites gives users a chance to learn what types of sites Garden Link likes. And tips on featured books are another tool to help grow any garden. Other garden tools include, bulb planting table, expert advice forums, frost table, garden news, hardiness zone map, landscape software, plant databases and weather.

Hydroponics for Beginners
You've seen those "for Dummies" books; here is a website with hydroponic garden growing information for beginners. The term "hydroponic" comes from Latin and means "working water". In reality, hydroponic is the growing of plants without dirt. Today, the technology is widely used to grow lush, healthy indoor plants and premium vegetables, fruits and herbs. The physiological requirements of plants can be met without the use of soil or natural sunlight. Plants are rooted (and thus supported) in an inert medium and nutrition is provided by water-soluble mineral elements. Sections on this website include choosing a hydroponic system, growing mediums, nutrients, and a history of hydroponics.

Growing Hydroponic Plants as a Hobby
This website features a circular about hydroponics. It is titled "Hydroponics as a Hobby: Growing Plants Without Soil." The circular includes many topics such as what is required from hydroponic plant growth, an overview of hydroponic systems, water culture, aquaculture, aggregate culture, aeroponics, continuous flow systems, seed germination and nutrient germination. Also included is a section about nutrient deficiencies and hydroponic experiments.

Do It Yourself Garden Projects
This website will tell you the best plants to grown in your garden, what your plants need to be fed and tips on how to keep those pests away. A special feature is run each month on topics like secret gardens or laying a brick walkway or patio. Other garden sections include, wildlife issues, garden maintenance, ponds and water gardens, green houses, fences, and scrubs and trees. Complete projects are described, how-tos are given and tips and tricks are provide on this site.

Growing a Floating Hydroponic Garden
This informational brochure includes information about how to build a flating hydroponic garden. Construction tips are included, as in building a rectangular frame, lining a frame, securing the liner and more. The pictures included illustrate the many steps needed to create a floating hydroponic garden. Container choices, crops and new research is also included in this guide.