Websites & Podcasts for General Gardening Know-How
A Way to Garden: website dedicated to organic gardening published by Margaret Roach.
• https://awaytogarden.com
Culinary Breeding Network – Learn more about Celeriac, Radicchio, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Collards, Winter Squash, Garlic and Purple Sprouting Broccoli in these FREE YouTube videos about assorted winter vegetables.
• https://www.culinarybreedingnetwork.com/events/2020/12/7/2020-21-variety-showcase-winter-vegetable-sagra
Joe the Gardener – published by Joe Lamp’l, nationally known gardening expert and media professional. Website, podcast, PBS show
• https://joegardener.com
• https://www.growingagreenerworld.com
You Bet Your Garden – Mike McGrath, former editor in chief of “Organic Gardening;” Podcast available through the Apple Podcast app
• https://www.wlvt.org/television/you-bet-your-garden/
Fruition Seeds – organic seeds and educational materials
• https://www.myfruitionseeds.com
Natureworks – local shop in Northford that sells plants, runs classes and hosts a blog
• https://naturework.com
Plant identification and Insect information
Uconn Home and Garden Education Center
• http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
• https://cipwg.uconn.edu
Helping Pollinators – USDA National Resources Conservation Service
• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
Connecticut Botanical Society
• http://www.ct-botanical-society.org
Soil Testing
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station – free soil testing
• https://portal.ct.gov/caes
Uconn Soil Testing Lab – $12/sample
• http://www.soiltest.uconn.edu/sampling.php
Branford Community Gardens 