Below is a collection of links to resources for gardening, with an emphasis on native plants, sustainable agriculture, organic gardening and related topics.
I would like to add gardening blogs from my fellow Virginia writers to this list. If you'd like me to add your blog, please email me at jeannegrunert@dishmail.net. Please note that websites or blogs must be gardening related to be added to my list. Thank you!
My Gardening Articles
The following is a list of links to gardening articles I have published. There's one caveat, however. When I write for various websites, they own the content and the URL. The site owners, at their own discretion, may revise the content or reuse the URL. If there's a mistake and it's not my article, it's not intentional. Please contact me so that I can correct the mistake, okay?
Magazine articles I've written -
- The Herb Companion magazine - Herbs in Colonial America
A selection of my favorite gardening articles on Hub Pages:
- The Lazy Gardener's Guide to Organic Gardening
- Choosing Annual Flowers for Masses and Drifts of Color
- Attracting Hummingbirds to the Backyard Garden
- Grow Sunflowers
- Banana Peels, Coffee Grinds and Eggshells: Secrets of Composting
- How to Grow Sweet Potatoes
- How to Choose Tomatoes for the Home Garden
Virginia-Specific Gardening Resources
These are good sources of general information for local gardeners, by various authors and sources.
Virginia Wildflowers
- Facebook page for Virginia Wildflowers: https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaWildflowers
- Website: Virginia Wildflowers: https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaWildflowers/info
- Heart of Virginia Master Gardeners
- Virginia Master Gardener Program
- Virginia Cooperative Extension - this is THE resource for all agricultural questions, lawn and turf, animals, food preservation and more.
- Native Plants of Virginia
- Native Trees for Virginia
- General calendar of vegetable seed planting and transplanting.
- How to Compost
- Sustainable eco-agriculture magazine, Acres USA
