Home & Gardening Categories Gardening Home Improvement Home Economics Pets & Vets

Gardening

• All About Lawns
  Discussion about growing & maintaining lawns. Includes information about watering, fertilizing, plant disease, and a directory of landscape professionals and product information.
• American Public Gardens Association
  Locations of North American public gardens (Nearly 500 gardens, listed by country), and information about plant conservation and the horticulture community.
• Heat Zone Finder (American Horticultural Society)
  Search by zip code to quickly find your heat zone.
• Cheekwood Botanical Garden
  Botanical gardens and museum of art in the Cheek mansion, a showcase of permanent and traveling exhibits.
• The Garden Gate
  Simple table of contents for concise gardening information and suggestions.
• The Garden Helper
  Learn hot to grow plants, trees, and flowers. Offers tips for keeping landscapes and house plants attractive and healthy. Includes a beginners guide to gardening.
• Gardening Launch Pad
• Middle Tennessee Nursery Association
  Includes local buyer's guide for member nurseries.
• National Gardening Association
• Rebecca's Garden
  Tips from Master Gardener and HGtv host, Rebecca Kolls.
• Seed Savers Exchange
  Distributes historic varieties of fruits and vegetables.
• Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association
  Includes the current Buyer's Guide with nursery listings and where to locate rare plants.
• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
  Clickable zone map highlighting minimum temperature information.
• WebGarden
  Includes a searchable database of over 20,000 fact sheets from North American universities and cooperative extensions.
• Yougrowgirl.com
  Offers a young fresh twist on gardening information, articles & discussions.

Home Improvement

• Appliance 411
  Links to consumer reviews of products. The links section links to repair manuals and installation guides for many major appliances.
• BBC Homes
  Design inspiration categorized by design style and period, do-it-yourself tips, and a design glossary.
• Bob Vila's Home Page
  A consumer-oriented home improvement and remodeling from the DIY expert.
• DIY Home Improvement
  Use the "Room Planner" feature to design & decorate your interior online.
• HGTV Online
  Provides tips from some of America's best home builders, remodelers, decorators, interior designers, gardeners, craft experts and lifestyle hosts.
• Home Buyer's Information Center
  Includes checklists for homebuyers.
• Home Energy
  Provides home performance information for builders and consumers.
• Home Energy Saver
  Provides information on how to make major or minor improvements in the home.
• HomeDoctor.net
  Forum for discussion on home improvement projects.
• Hometime
  Remodeling TV show site featuring project advice, information about current and past TV episodes.
• How to Clean Anything
  Tips on cleaning home interiors and more.
• RepairClinic.com: Appliance Repair Tips & Help

Home Economics

• HEARTH
  Electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines.

Pets

• Animal Clubs & Rescue
  From Responsible Animal Owners of Tennessee.
• CDC Healthy Pets Healthy People
• Nashville Petfinders.com
  Listing of lost and found pets in the Nashville area.
• PetEducation.com
• Petfinder.com
  Lists pets for adoption in U.S. shelters and rescue centers. Search by type of animal, age, breed, gender, size, geographic location, or a combination of these.
• Tennessee Online Pet Resources
• Waltham World of Pet Care
  Care, behavior, etc. of dogs, cats, fish, birds, and horses.
• Worldwide Shelter Directory
  Lists animal shelters by state and area code.

Vets & animal welfare

• ASPCA Poison Control Center
  Resources for animal poison control emergencies and general information about toxic plants. Also includes information on shelters, animal adoption and animal advocacy.
• Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Database
  Lists plants that are of particular concern for animals, categorized by type of animal.
• Nashville Humane Association
• Vetinfo.com
  Veterinary care for cats and dogs.