Gardening Tips & Articles

Growing Heirloom Tomatoes in a Shady Garden
American intensive solar gardening 
Best Spring Planting Dates for Seeds for Ithaca 
When to Water? Cornell CSF water deficit calculator for Ithaca, NY
Guidelines for watering your garden 
Organic Vegetable Gardening (pdf file)
Using organic matter in the garden (pdf file)

Local Links

Cayuga Nature Center 
Compost Education Program
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Cornell Waste Management Institute
Cornell Garden Based Learning
Cornell Botanic Gardens
Cornell Soil Health
Finger Lakes Native Plant Society
Fruition Seeds
Ithaca Farmers Market
Ithaca Children’s Garden
Integrated Pest Management
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming 

Other Web Resources

American Community Gardening Association  
Best of the Herbal Forums
City Farmer News
Journey to Forever – City Farms
Marion’s organic gardening tips and tools
Organic Insect and Disease Management Resource Guide
Seed Starting Home Page
Urban Agriculture Notes
WormWoman.com