The first fruits for this seaon's trials are ripe! Time to think about filing reports, so future growers can know what tastes and grows good! Gang members who need report forms will find them at the ITG Potting Shed.

General Gardening & Sustainable Agriculture Sites

Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk is a green-thumb site dedicated to beginning gardeners created and maintained by one of the net's finest gardeners. Clothier (USDA zone 5 gardener in Northeastern Illinois) is a superb writer, and his journals, tips, and tricks contain some of the finest garden writing and wisdom available anywhere. (Don't miss Tom's humor entries--they are a treat!)

Reinhard Kraft is a member of the Internet Tomato Gang and gardens in Neukirchen, Germany. His homepage contains glorious photographs of dozens and dozens of varieties of tomatoes: open pollinated, "heirloom", hybrids. Tomatoes in all their glory are showcased on Reinhards Tomaten. Reinhard says he's "just an amateur" photographer. I would disagree: his photographs are first-rate and professional. . . . and his subjects are definitely good enough to eat.

The Royal Show 2000 is Europe's premier exhibition of farming, food and the countryside. July 3-6, 2000. Sponsored by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

If you are interested either in starting a community garden in your area or locating an existing community garden to join, the American Community Gardening Association maintains a list of links to community gardens throughout North America. (ACGA) is a national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities

National Integrated Pest Management Network (IPM) promotes minimized pesticide use, enhanced environmental stewardship, and sustainable systems. The IPM site is an umbrella site for public and private institutions in the USA that have agreed on a set of reporting standards to disseminate what they describe as science-based, unbiased pest management information via the Web.

Urban Agriculture Notes, the creation of the "City Farmer" (Michael Levenston, executive director of Canada's Unofficial Office of Urban Agriculture) has been online since 1994. The creators say its "written for those who want to start up their own 'Office of Urban Agriculture', for those who have already done so, and for gardeners who are curious about what we refer to as political horticulture." Politics aside, the site offers lots of information for anybody interested in the challenges and rewards of urban gardening initiatives around the globe.

Almost every gardener in the USA has thumbed through one or more of Ortho's excellent gardening books. They're accurate, well-written, and accessible. Ortho's Gardening Links carries on the tradition by providing one of the best "link pages" on the net for finding all sorts of "green information".

The Council for Responsible Genetics provides information and background on the issues of genetically engineered organisms--"Frankenfood", as it's sometimes called. The organization's credo states "the public must have access to clear and understandable information on technological innovations. . . the public must be able to participate in public and private decision-making concerning technological developments and their implementation. The Safe Seed Pledge that many seed companies have taken starting in 1999 was produced by the Council and their site is definitely one to visit.

Hometime's Landscape and Garden is part of "Hometime", the popular PBS How-to-build-a-home-and-not-go-nuts series. The show's website doesn't overlook building, maintaining, and improving the garden. If you want to find advice about how to build compost bins, raised beds, retaining walls, fences, gates and any of the other projects we gardeners find to occupy our time and empty our wallets, this is a good site to check-out for information and even more links.

Doreen Howard is an accomplished gardener and garden writer. New Millennium Gardening is her intriguing site, and it contains some excellent information about the benefits of mychorrhizal fungi used in specific types of soil to boost tomato production. Copies of a controlled study Doreen conducted in '97 using mychorrhizal fungi on tomatoes is available from her by e-mail from her site.

Edited by Internet Tomato Gang member Jeremy Cherfas in England, leafLETis a newsletter that covers aspects of plant breeding, biodiversity, and genetic resources. The article Trials of the Tomato is a don't miss for tomato nuts!

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In Season is all about locally grown, seasonal produce, particularly what's available in California. The focus is on the eating of your garden's goodies--and where to find quality produce. Lists of California farmer's markets with links to out-of-state markets, as well. Recipes (including some from the 19th and early 20th centuries). Articles. A little bit of this and that make In Season a nice online journal of particular interest to Californians.