MaryMary
Quite Contrary
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Whether it's veggies or trees or flowers or bees, what have you found interesting or particularly helpful? DIY garden projects? Worm bins? Food preservation? Butterfly gardens? Topiary or Bonsai?
A brief description with the link would be nice. (If there are any cautions about the site, that would be nice, too.)
I've had an interest in helping the bee population, and I like this website. The whole site is interesting to me, but the link I provided is to their list of best bee plants.
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/bee-plants.html
Since joining the forum, and reading many posts from @JBtheExplorer, I've had an increased interest in native plants. I found a Native Plant Database that will tell you what is native for some members areas. (US and Canada.) What I really like is that you can specify things like sun and soil requirements, height, color, and bloom time. My only caution is: I specified perennial plants in pink, blue, purple and violet. It showed me several that were white or red. So now I'm wondering if they were all perennial. But it's a start, and I'll do the research...
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/
I realize I have no control over what you choose to post, but I will make one request. In the interest of this .forum, please, no links to other gardening forums. (That would just be tacky. )
A brief description with the link would be nice. (If there are any cautions about the site, that would be nice, too.)
I've had an interest in helping the bee population, and I like this website. The whole site is interesting to me, but the link I provided is to their list of best bee plants.
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/bee-plants.html
Since joining the forum, and reading many posts from @JBtheExplorer, I've had an increased interest in native plants. I found a Native Plant Database that will tell you what is native for some members areas. (US and Canada.) What I really like is that you can specify things like sun and soil requirements, height, color, and bloom time. My only caution is: I specified perennial plants in pink, blue, purple and violet. It showed me several that were white or red. So now I'm wondering if they were all perennial. But it's a start, and I'll do the research...
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/
I realize I have no control over what you choose to post, but I will make one request. In the interest of this .forum, please, no links to other gardening forums. (That would just be tacky. )