There are so many online resources it is hard to know where to start and how to organize them but below are a few of our favorites. Please let us know at indytilth@gmail.org if any links are broken or if you have good links to add. We welcome your suggestions. Thank you!
Urban farming
Initiatives
The Food Project (Boston, MA)
Growing Power (Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL)
Re-Vision Urban Farm Project (Boston, MA)
Boston Natural Areas Network (Boston, MA)
Milwaukee Urban Gardens (Milwaukee, WI)
Magnuson Community Garden (Seattle, WA)
Zenger Farm (Portland, OR)
The Garden Project (San Francisco, CA)
The City Farms (NY, NY)
Grow Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Seeds (Durham, NC)
Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming (London, UK)
Blogs (ok, not all urban but pretty interesting nonetheless...)
Urban Land Army (Seattle, WA)
An Urban Plot (Ashville, NC)
You Grow Girl (Toronto, Canada)
Urban Garden Hoe (Oklahoma City, OK)
Garden Desk (northern KY)
My Skinny Garden (Chicago, IL)
Skippy's Vegetable Garden (near Boston, MA)
In My Kitchen Garden and Farmgirl Fare (small town, MO)
Sustainable Garden (Nottinghamshire, UK)
Veggie Garden Info (many re-posts from other sites)
Soil
Contaminants & remediation
Lead in the home garden and urban soil environment (U Minn Extension)
Lead problems for urban farms (Evan Green)
The potential for heavy metal exposure from urban soils and exposures (Chaney RL et al.)
Assessing Potential Risk of Heavy Metal Exposure from Consumption of Home-Produced Vegetables by Urban Populations (Hough RL et al.)
Soil contamination and urban agriculture (McGill University)
Testing
Collecting soil samples for testing (Purdue Extension)
Soil Testing Labs (recommended by Purdue Extension)
EMSL Analytical Labs (Indianapolis lead-only soil testing)
Amendments
See also composting
Composting methods
Vermiculture
A simple guide to vermiculture (IDEM)
Composting with red wriggler worms (City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture)
Blogs
Irrigation
Drip irrigation*See how to page for how to build a rain barrel
Vegetable garden
Vegetable gardening basics (U Illinois Extension)
Gardening with vegetables (Colorado State)
Seed companies
Starting seeds indoors
Starting plants from seeds (U Missouri)
How to create seed-starting pots from newpapers
Cover crops
Overview of cover crops and green manures
Companion plants
Companion planting: Basic concept and resources
Ivydene Gardening companion planting
When to plant
Grow guide (Weekend Gardener)
Growing vegetables
Vegetable directory (U Illinois Extension)
Seed starting (Weekend Gardener)
Growing herbs
Seed starting (Weekend Gardener)
Pest and disease management
Resource guide for organic insect and disease management
Grapes, berries and brambles
Desirable fruit and berry varieties
Berries (Cornell Fruit Resources)
How we raise our berries (The Berry Patch)
Grapes
Strawberries
Strawberry production (Cornell Fruit Resources)
Raspberries
Reliable raspberries (Fine Gardener)
Growing raspberries and blackberries (U of Maine Coop Extension)
Orchards and fruit trees
Midwest fruit tree pest management handbook
Post harvest information network
Apple
Disease resistant apple varieties
Flower garden
Native plants
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society
Invasive plants
What to plant and what NOT to plant (The Nature Conservancy)
Midwest Invasive Plant Network
Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas (Plant Conservation Alliance)
National Invasive Species Information Center (USDA)
Pollinators: birds and bees
