A
List of Useful URL's
For
your ease, you can go to my blog (http://www.lagardenblog.com/
), find this article there and use the hyper-links to find each one.
UCANR
– UC in our town means University of California and ANR means
agriculture and natural resources – the UCANR is the “Extension”
part of our university system. You'll find such wonderful websites as
https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/What-is-IPM/
- which introduces you to the idea behind “Integrated Pest
Management” - which helps you – foremost, in identifying your
insects and links will take you to pages that tell you a.) if it is
beneficial or not; what insect species feed on that insect or need
that insect to survive and b.) proper ways to control without using
harmful pesticides.
One
of the UC sites I visit frequently is http://homeorchard.ucanr.edu/
. It basically follow the out line of the ANR Orchard book – except
the book is called The Home Orchard. Why they couldn't have the same
name, I don't know, but I use both a lot – if you want to have
fruit trees, use this site and book to get smart before – not
after
– you buy!
If
you need more info on your Sunset Zone,
http://cagardenweb.ucanr.edu/Your_Climate_Zone/
will put you in tune with where you are and what you need to do. I
was amazed to see this is a UCANR website now!
And
to see what publications you can get from ANR, go to
https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
and be amazed that they have articles on gardening and so much more!
I consider “Pests of the Garden and Small Farm” as one of my most
revisited book!
For
seeds, for tools for cover crops and all,
https://www.groworganic.com/
is a California concern out of Grass Valley, CA. They have six
catalogs a year and I like getting these catalogs because they just
don't try to sell you stuff, they spend a good deal of ink,
explaining how to use the tools, or which cover crop seed you need to
fulfill your needs. I have used these catalogs in classes as required
reading material. They also sell the Broadfork that I brag about.
Gardener's
Supply Company, https://www.gardeners.com/
is a commercial site, but they often have things I've found no where
else. I've ordered tomato towers from them and the quality is very
good.
david
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