Resources on Gardening (02)

Grow Lights
This article is written by a woman who decided to use grow lights to help her plants grow. The thing about using grow lights is that no matter how small the space is, or how limited you are with sunlight you can grow a great collection of herbs, plants and flowers. These grow lights helped her grow plants better, and you can read about the types of grow lights she used to help her plants grow.

Home & Family Gardening Tips
The Home & Family Network has set up an area of their site to give browsers an opportunity to learn about gardening. Within this gardening area, you'll find zone maps, garden plans and a plant and flower index to help you create a garden that you'll love to look at every day. The Gardening basics section gives tips about tools, tags, fertilizers and mulches. You'll come across landscaping tips, garden projects and a plan-a-garden that lets you create a yard on your computer. So, click on over to this site and begin to explore all they have to offer.

Hydroponic Lighting
This article is all about hydroponic lighting and how valuable it can be to use a hydroponic lighting system in your garden, especially during the winter. An informative list of lighting terms and definitions, great for the beginning hydroponic gardener, is also included. Words from lumen and ballast to photoperiod and footcandle are included. An overview of hydroponic lighting bulbs is also included.

Planting Tips and Gardening Advice
The Northwest Builders Network work offers some really helpful and useful planting tips on this site. Planting tips include removing the plant from its container and gently freeing its roots and keep the plant well watered for the first year, but be careful not to drown it. Related topics include home improvement books, landscape and gardening books, sustainable design and building books and home and garden magazines. An environmental guide on this site contains a long list of choices—everything from Ask the Expert to Solar information.

Grow Light Systems
This article can help growers find the best grow light for their hydroponic garden growing needs. A chart to help growers see how intense their lighting needs to be, as well as a list of common plants to help them determine the footcandles of grow lights is included.