As a cost saving effort in Ohio, various folks (including yours truly), worked on a database that would suppliment (and in some areas) replace the horticulture hotlines. Since the hotlines are mostly staffed by master gardener volunteers, I don't feel badly because we weren't putting anyone out of a paying job.

This database is meant for Ohio, but might be useful to gardeners in other places:

http://hcs.osu.edu/faq/

Link

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

Answers

You'll have to cut and paste the URL since HTML doesn't render non- www urls (?) But that is the correct url.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

The link works for me.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

Nothing there on water gardens. bummer!

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

I've got the site on my favorites list.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

Since this is Ohio, Barefoot, Water Gardens weren't one of the top priority topics (here, it's LAWNS, LAWNS, and did I mention LAWNS?). In about a month or so, we'll have more on water gardens. They are becoming popular around here, although with the West Nile scare, more people are making "ponds" from pebbles and pretty hunks of cut glass.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

Gardeners Supply has those doughnut-shapped thingies that you put in water to kill mozzies, safe for humans, birds, etc. Also, if you put a fountain or waterfall in your pond, that discourages mozzies, they don't like moving water. I love GS, I want to live in its warehouse.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002

it's kewl, meemur. I just happened to click on that one.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2002