Gardening
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- ArticleFirst
- ECO
- Aboutflowers.com images of common flowers and blooming plants, meanings of flowers, floral design styles, plant and floral arrangement care tips, ideas for using flowers for decoration and entertaining, gift giving tips and trends, creative message suggestions, and related information
- Backyard Farmer Homepage
- Frost Date Selector Use this site as a guide to help you estimate the average date on which can expect the last frost to occur in the late winter / spring as well as the first one in the fall
- Garden and Hearth Magazine
- Garden Centers and Nurseries in Nebraska
- Garden Watchdog ranks over 3,000 vendors that sell gardening products by mail and on the Web
- Gardening Flowers and Plants your guide to gardening
- Gardening Tips from the Helpful Gardener An abundance of gardening tips are presented in this collection of articles on topics such as bonsai, native plants, roses, perennials, and other gardening subjects
- Greenroofs 101 An introduction to vegetated roof covers
- Henriette's Herbal Homepage
- National Garden Clubs, Inc.
- National Gardening Association
- Nebraska Cooperative Extension Publications
- Nebraska Food Cooperative located in Lincoln, NE
- Nebraska Garden Websites
- Nebraska Gardening Information
- Nebraska Master Gardener program
- Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
- Organic Gardening
- Plant Hardiness Zone Map This interactive document from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows 10 different minimum temperature zones in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- PlantCare.com
- Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Information Center a collection of folklore, photographs, and medical information about the allergic skin rashes caused by contact with these wild plants, all of which contain the potent allergen urushiol oil. Includes sections on plant identification, the chemistry of soap, and plant removal and control
- Saving Seed from the Garden
- SelecTree features options for searching, browsing by common and scientific names, and generating a list of trees that match a set of attributes (such as height, fragrance, and water and soil requirements)
- University of Nebraska Department of Horticulture Home and Garden Helper
- Vegetable Planting Dates for Nebraska
- Why Leaves Change Colors This site explains, in simple terms, how summer foliage is transformed into a vivid autumn palette; how weather conditions affect colors; and how the "shortening days and the declining intensity of sunlight" start the color transformation. From the USDA Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office
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