~ 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.

The Marion Garden Club of Illinois is a civic gardening organization based in Marion, Illinois, federated with the National Garden Clubs since 1984 and dedicated to beautifying homes, lawns, and public spaces. The site includes membership info, a calendar of events, photo galleries organized by month, plant sales, garden tours, and ongoing civic beautification projects.

The Pottawatomie Garden Club has been beautifying St. Charles, Illinois since 1928, planting flowers on bridges and public spaces, honoring members with memorial trees, and awarding scholarships to horticulture students. With over 100 members, this civic-minded club hosts regular meetings, a Garden Walk, and community beautification programs throughout the growing season.

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.

Rob's Plants chronicles the gardening journey of a plant enthusiast who transformed bare suburban lots in both Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley and suburban Houston into richly landscaped gardens. The site features detailed plant portraits, seed-starting information, wildlife observations, winter temperature data, and even a downloadable Excel seed-tracking tool.

Daphne's Dandelions is a long-running vegetable gardening blog by Daphne Gould, chronicling her harvests, soil experiments, and growing adventures across many seasons. The blog is packed with practical observations like mycorrhizae amendment trials, sweet potato yield comparisons, and participation in the popular Harvest Monday community link-up.

Sam's personal Nekoweb home features a relaxed mix of hobbies including backyard gardening, knitting, crochet, witchcraft, and toy collecting, with a dedicated garden section alongside a blog and personal pages. A warm and cheerful early-30s hobbyist site with a retro web aesthetic, RSS feed, and links to affiliated sites.

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.