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From: fletcher@prairienet.org (Karen Fletcher)
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Subject: Re: Todays NPR story. List of catalogs?
Date: 5 Mar 1995 11:17:51 GMT
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Steve Klarer (klarer@shore.net) wrote:
: On NPR this morning (Sat. 4 March) Quetzal Levine was talking about garden
: related stuff on the net. She mentioned, among others, a list of some 700
: catalogs with reviews compiled by Cindy Johns(t?)on but if there was a
: clear pointer to it I missed it.
: Although I'm not a gardner myself my SO is and is starting to do some
: consulting with people who are planning, or reviving gardens. I'm sure
: this would be a valuable resource.... if I knew where to find it.
: We might also become a more-than-one-net-user-family!
: Thanks.
: Steve
Various catalog info resources on the net:
Cyndi's List (700, alphabetical) via WWW:
http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening/cat.html
Also available via ftp from: jam.cog.brown.edu pub/gardening
*SOURCES* index (180, by topic) via WWW (at The Garden Gate):
http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/sources.htm
GardenNet via WWW (alphabetical, can order some online)
http://www.olympus.net/gardens/gcat1.htm
But better than all the net put together is:
Gardening by Mail, by Barbara J. Barton.
Houghton-Mifflin: New York, 1994. $18.95.
This outstanding resource is a directory of
mail-order resources for gardeners in the United States and Canada,
and includes seed companies, nurseries, suppliers of all garden
necessaries and ornaments, horticultural and plant societies,
magazines, libraries, and a list of useful books on plants
and gardening.
--
Karen Fletcher fletcher@prairienet.org
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