~ Early Web Links ~

Phoenix Tropicals covers the art of growing citrus and tropical fruits in the Arizona and California deserts, with detailed guides on varieties like Meiwa kumquats, pest management, soil, watering, and frost damage. The site is a practical reference for desert gardeners tackling everything from avocados and mangoes to orchid trees and passion fruit.

A curated ODP/DMOZ mirror directory listing personal gardening websites from hobbyist gardeners around the world, covering everything from cactus collections to flower beds and vegetable plots. Visitors can browse dozens of non-commercial garden journals, photo galleries, and blogs organized into subcategories like Garden Railways and Water Gardens.

Mioasis is Mio's charming garden-themed personal site packed with blog posts about plants, bugs, vegetables, and the joys of getting your hands dirty. Organized into sections like the Photo Album, Bulletin Board, Museum, and Kitchen, it's a lush little corner of Neocities built with genuine enthusiasm and hand-coded care.

Hannelotte Kindlund's personal garden site documents her collector's garden in Övertänger, Sweden, where she cultivates rare alpine and woodland plants including Meconopsis, Gentiana, hardy orchids, and Pulsatilla. Photo galleries organized by plant genus make this a visually rich resource for enthusiasts of cold-climate and rock garden plants.

Skippy's Vegetable Garden is a long-running blog journal by a Boston-area gardener documenting their organic vegetable growing, fruit trees, berry bushes, backyard chickens, and beekeeping. Named after the creator's first dog, the blog spans from 2006 onward with hundreds of posts covering planting schedules, seasonal harvests, and sustainable growing methods.

Janet's Garden is a thoughtful gardening blog written by Janet, who gardens in USDA Zone 4a on a tiny townhouse lot she is determined to fill to capacity. Posts cover practical topics like controlling lily beetles, identifying plant pests, and seasonal growing tips, with an active community of commenters sharing their own experiences.

The Colorado Dahlia Society is a club dedicated to growing and showing dahlias, with resources covering cultivation techniques, virus information, and variety galleries. Members can find meeting announcements, show catalogs, supplier lists, and a blog packed with practical dahlia culture guidance.

Alan Turner built a detailed Excel spreadsheet cataloging over 1200 varieties of heaths and heathers, tracking bloom colors by month, hardiness zones, and plant heights. It's a practical gardening tool for planning seasonal color combinations, and even earned praise from the chief programmer at eBay and a public radio garden show host.

Front Range Food Gardener is a detailed blog by Carl Wilson focused on fruit and vegetable gardening along Colorado's Front Range, covering local growing challenges like temperature extremes, rabbit damage, and soil improvement. Posts include practical advice on tomatoes, cover crops, transplanting, and variety selection tailored specifically to the Colorado Front Range climate.

Larvalbug's Garden Page features 'Garden Bits,' a collection of short illustrated articles about the plants and insects found in an Austin, Texas yard across all seasons. The site documents a real Central Texas garden in detail, with original photography, hand-drawn artwork, and descriptions of local wildlife making it a charming resource for zone 8 gardeners.