Hope you folks will help, I'm setting up a website for Downeast gardening region as part of a master gardening volunteer project and would like some help getting the very best links onto the site as references.

If you have a link that you think would be educational, informative, fun, handy and would be willing to share please post them.

thanks!

Leasa

Evermay Nursery
Maine based micro nursery located near Bangor. They specialize in alpine plants and Primula species and hybrids which are hardy in New England. At present, their production is small and many items are in limited supply. Worth looking at online. Great stuff!
http://www.evermaynursery.com/

Fine Gardening's Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin
QuickTime sound tracks of how to say plant names
http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/spg017.asp

Garden Web Forums
Great link to lots of garden forums, info on just about anything gardening!
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/

Gardenweb Heirloom Plants & Gardens
Discussion and Exchange of Heirloom plants
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/heirloom/

Maine Invasive Plants
A list of invasive plants found in Maine. Do your part, do not plant them if you have them get rid of them as soon as possible. Nice color downloadable handouts.
http://www.mainenaturalareas.org/docs/program_activities/invasive_plants_factsheets.php

Pest ID Cards
Printable pest ID cards from Pro New England. Nice color handouts.
http://pronewengland.org/INFO/PROpubs/PestIDcards/PestIDcardList.htm
Red Lily Leaf Beetle
This little pest does big damage in a short period of time!
http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/defoliators/lily_leaf_beetle.html
Salt Talerant Plants
Discussion on plants that thrive along the coast.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/necoast/msg1012430031429.html?2

What's That Bug?
Loads if nice color pix of bugs of all sorts! This is the home page, click on the list down the left side and see color pix!
http://whatsthatbug.com/

UCONN Plant Database
University of Connecticut's extensive database.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/

SeedSite
A UK based website featuring photos of seeds, seedpods and seedlings of hundreds of garden plants. They also have a good weed ID guide.
http://theseedsite.co.uk/db1.html

Ploughman's Folly by Edward H. Faulkner
The original treatise on no-till gardening/farming.
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/flknreh/index.htm

Purdue University Plant List
A huge collection of photos of all sorts of plants.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/

OSU Seed-ID Index
Ohio State University's comprehensive collection of seed photos.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~seedbio/seed_id/index.html

Johnny's Selected Seeds
Maine's premier vendor of seeds, tools and supplies. 30 years of service to farmers and gardeners.
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/default.aspx

Lee Valley - Gardening Index
One of the finest online purveyors of gardening tools and solutions.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/index.aspx?sid=&ccurrency=2

Wintersown.org
The most effective method for starting seeds at home.
http://www.wintersown.org/

Vegetative propagation of perennials
A concise list of instructions for propagating perennials by cutting, layering, etc..
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/county/cass/horticulture/perennials/vegprop.htm

Root Development of Vegetable Crops
A fascinating 1927 treatise on the growth habits of the root systems of common vegetables.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010137veg.roots/010137toc.html

Salt Tolerant Plants
A .PDF file from North Carolina State University, outlining salt tolerance in plants, and listing plants, by type, which are salt tolerant.
http://www.gardeningnhc.org/pdf/SaltTolerantPlants2000.pdf

Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk
Everything you always wanted to know about seed germination.
http://tomclothier.hort.net/

Urban Horticulture
University of Wisconsin's extensive collection of information on urban and suburban gardening.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wihort/index.html

Thanks so much!!!!!

Leasa