Internet Links

[gavin]

Hi folks - this falls rapidly out of date, as there are quite a few members now with websites.  I'm happy to keep adding the ones I know are related to vegetable gardening - but if I'm missing any, drop me a message and I'll update the list.

• Plantsman's - gone again; sorry;
• The Gardener's Almanac - http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/
• philcooper's http://www.plant-seed-mailorder.org.uk/ - a catalogue of UK mail order seed and plant suppliers.
• philcooper's http://www.hhdra.org.uk/ (Hampshire HDRA - with a listing of potato days!)
• and my own diary and notes - http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html .

There's also substantial listing of allotment associations and plots in http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Recreation_and_Sports/Home_and_Garden/Gardening/Gardens/Allotments/

All best, Gavin

[gavin]

[gavin]

There's a substantial listing of allotment associations  in http://%20dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Recreation_and_Sports/Home_and_Garden/%20Gardening/Gardens/Allotments/; all I've listed in this posting are a few websites I enjoy :-) - some are worth regular "virtual visits".

• Low Moor Allotment Association, York http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kester/LowMoorAllotments/welcome.html
• Beryl and John Saunders' allotment in Gosport - http://www.saundersallotment.co.uk/  (I think this was maybe the first plot to grow on the web?)
• Growing Your Own Produce -  http://www.workaholic.karoo.net/
• Lemon Jelly Garden  - a children's gardening and reading project on a community allotment in Tynemouth - http://www.lemonjellygarden.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
• Shared Garden, Nottinghamshire - http://www.artshost.net/garden2/index.html
• Moulsecombe Forest Garden and Wildlife Project -  http://www.seedybusiness.org/page53.shtml

And a few other gardens

• My Bit of the Planet, diary of wildlife in the garden - addictive! - http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com/
• A gardening diary from Leeds - http://www.turning-earth.co.uk/index.html
• Wild West Yorkshire - Richard Bell's Nature Diary -  http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/index.html
• Garden Blethers, a monthly article from Tain -  http://www.geocities.com/gardenblethers/

[gavin]

Kitchen Garden Magazine's website - http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/

[Admin aka Dan]

Gavin,

Thanks for the work - hopefully we won't get hacked and lose half the posts again  :(

Cheers

[gavin]

A pleasure - it didn't take that long at all, as I've only borrowed from others of my little projects.  But this time I've kept a copy on my hard disk!!!

All best - Gavin

[teresa]

Hi Gavin, I spent a couple of hours going through the web pages above just like to say thanks realy enjoyed myself. Teresa

[Chris]

Hi, Gavin,   Thanks for the info.   I've printed it off for my allotment neighbour.   He might enjoy this site too.  Chris

[gavin]

Not at all - a pleasure!

All best - Gavin

[allotment_chick]

Could I add another - I'm not sure how often it is updated but there is some useful info on
http://www.kitchengardens.dial.pipex.com/

I'm always referring to this:
http://www.alfresco.demon.co.uk/veg/

and some interesting links on:
http://www.debbysgardenlinks.co.uk/index.htm

Forum Admin - is it OK to post links to seed merchants.  There are three suppliers that I've found to be most helpful?

[Admin aka Dan]

It's OK to post links to seed merchants at the moment, however at some point in the future we may have to consider discrete advertising, to pay for bandwidth and storage.

If that happens I may have to become a little more fussy.

Cheers

Dan

[allotment_chick]

Hi Dan - seems reasonable enough!  You iz the boss, so until that time, in my experience, the range of products offered and the service from these guys is amazing:

http://www.edwintucker.com/Tuckers%20Seeds%2002/seeds%20index.htm

http://www.seedsofitaly.sagenet.co.uk/default.htm

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/index.htm

[gavin]

For anybody who likes to know where their food comes from  - REALLY comes from -

• http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/ - reprint of a National Geographic article of 1949;
• http://www.mnh.si.edu/garden/history/welcome.html  - The origins of vegetables
• http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm  - History of Gardening timeline
• http://museum.agropolis.fr/english/default.htm  - Museum of Agriculture

Have fun - all the best, Gavin

[teresa]

Hi Gavin

You seem to know your way round the net can you help? I have been trying to find out about Luna Planting ( Gardening bythe Moon) found US web sites but nothing in UK. What I read on the US site was realy interesting. Please can you help  Teresa

[allotment_chick]

Hi T - try searching biodynamics +lunar into google uk.  You might get something

[teresa]

thank AC will give that a go. Teresa

[gavin]

Hi Teresa - the only link I have is to http://www.mooncalendar.co.uk/, but I remember the Beeb having something on gardening by the moon a wee bit back ------- I'll see if I can retrace my steps, and retrieve their links for you.


All best - Gavin

PS - I think this is the Beeb link I saw; http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/lunar.shtml

Worth a go?

[allotment_chick]

For those wanting easily digestible (!) information on compost making try:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0903/compost_heap.asp

[Palefire]

If you want to find out about some good lottie friends, which I was fortunate enough to see in action (gruesome, but highly satisfactory!), then try this page:


http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/parasitoids/cotesia.html

They didn't appear very quickly, so I had to resort to hand removal of the first group of caterpillars, but the wasps soon got going and the caterpillars soon got dying (bad english, I know, but hey!)

Love, Palefire
xxx

[gavin]

Hi all - added a new link I found today; a fascinating allotment association website, which I'm still exploring - Low Moor Allotment Association, York http://www- users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kester/LowMoorAllotments/welcome.html.

All best - Gavin

[campanula]

gavin, hope you don't mind - just to let everyone know i had a really good time going through your website - most enjoyable, do try it - i spent an unprecendented amountof time on PC poring over all this useful stuff
cheers, suzy

Ps. I am inspired to do a website myself - must get a digi camera first thing then enlist keen eldest son.