The Gardening Archive

Specific plants and their uses

the Edibles Files

Files about things you can eat. Yum! Includes many FAQs.

the Herb Files

• How to grow herbs, including one FAQ by a reader in rec.gardens and one that I think comes from the United States Development Agency or an extension office in the Pacific Northwest.
• How to use herbs
  • for aromatherapy
  • medically including the FAQ from alt.folklore.herbs
  • for pleasure and ritual
  • how to make make soap and shampoo
  • and other things.
• Specific plants
• and miscellaneous about herbs.

the Ornamentals Files

Plants that we grow for the pleasure of the eye.

• Bulbs
• Irises
• Mallows
• Roses
• Miscellaneous

the Bonsai Files

Bonsai is the Far Eastern art of growing miniature trees that look like scale models of old trees.

the Lawn Files

A few files about lawns and their care.

Resources

the Book Files

Recommedations of whorthwhile gardening books.

Files about Net Resources

Pointers to more net resources. For active links, see my bookmarks.

the Frequently Asked Questions lists

Everything you ever wanted to know about:
• Addresses for bulb catalogues
• Addresses for seed catalogues
• Fertilizers
• Collected wisdom from rec.gardens
• Soil
• Wildflowers
• Where to find more FAQs.

Other things

the Soil Files

Some files about growing mediums. See also the FAQ.

the Miscellaneous Files