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Resources for Container Gardeners

Books are a great resource. See our Bookstore and especially Bountiful Container.
Great concise information on growing many flowers may be found at the Cornell University Cooperative Extension's Gardening Section.
Great concise information on growing many vegetables may also be found at the Cornell Cooperative Extension's Gardening Section.
Information on pest and disease problems, and remedies for them: Gardens Alive.
If you live in the USA, your state's Cooperative Extension Office is a great resource for you. Most states have very informative websites now, and most counties within a state will have a local Extension Office which has local information, keyed to your climate. The local offices often have brochures and pamphlets to give gardeners. Some have Master Gardener Programs, with volunteers to answer questions and help gardeners.
Map enabling you to find your state's main Extension office and website.
Map enabling you to find your local (county) Extension Office.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map for the USA and Canada. This only indicates one thing: average minimum temperature for a given area. Please consider it as a rough guide: local microclimates often differ considerably from the USDA Zone Map, for one reason or another (altitude, bodies of water moderating the temperature, etc.). Also, the fact that a perennial, shrub, or fruit tree will survive in an area doesn't necessarily mean that it will flower or fruit in that area. There are other considerations (late frosts, length of frost-free growing season, etc.).
Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Europe. I don't know how accurate this is.
Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Australia.
Ten Rules of Edible Flowers.
Path to Freedom: one urban family's inspiring path towards sustainable living.
Journey to Forever: lots of information for gardeners (and others).
Ten Reasons to Buy Local Food.
LocalHarvest: For help with finding local food, also lists online sellers.
FoodRoutes: Lots more information on 'why to' and 'how to' buy local food.
Glendale Xeriscape Botanical Garden: a very informative xeriscaping site. (Xeriscaping is landscaping with slow-growing, drought tolerant plants, both native and exotic, in order to reduce water consumption.)
The Gardening Section of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is full of useful advice, some specifically aimed at container gardeners, and some at kitchen gardeners.
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages: a wealth of information on herbs and spices.
Alchemy Works: If you are interested in paganism, witchcraft, magick or Wiccans, you'll want to see this site. Even if you aren't interested in those subjects, there's a lot of information here on some fairly rare plants: especially poppies.
RecipeSource.com: The Mother Of All Recipe Sites! 70,000-plus recipes, all searchable in various ways. If you cannot find a recipe here, the chances are that it doesn't exist.

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