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by Robin Nobles
February 2 is Ground
Hog Day, when Punxsutawney Phil comes out of his
hole to look for his shadow. If he sees his shadow,
he considers it an "omen" of six more weeks
of bad, winter weather, and he goes back in his hole.
If he doesn't see his shadow, he considers it a sign
of spring and stays above ground.
 At
Groundhog.org, you'll
learn the history of Ground Hog Day, and you can even
learn past predictions of Punxsutawney Phil dated back
to 1887. http://www.groundhog.org
Since Phil will be giving his annual prediction as
to the coming of spring, this is a good time to start
thinking about our spring gardens. After all, we need
to be prepared for Phil's predictions!
An excellent place to start our tour is at About.com,
which is a comprehensive site offering articles and
links on spring gardening, including tips for breaking
dormancy, ways to attract hummingbirds and butterflies,
and even an index of quick "how to's" for
the spring gardener.
Learn why seedlings fail, or what you should do when
a cold snap meets a sprouting bulb. The quick gardening
guide offers tips on testing your soil, on making compost,
on growing plants from cuttings, and much more. http://gardening.about.com/cs/msub112/
 At
the Gardener's Diary, you'll find a month by month listing
of gardening tips, which will prove very helpful to
those who enjoy working in their yard all year round.
http://www.insideout-gardening.co.uk/gardening/articles/spring.html
For a Spring Gardening Vegetable Planting Guide,
visit: http://www.eugeneweekly.com/gardens/gardensguide.html
Though certainly not limited just to spring gardens,
PageWise's gardening section is outstanding. Learn tips
on growing various vegetables and fruit, or learn how
to build outdoor structures, such as a stone wall in
your garden or a lean-to green house.
Discover how to make an outdoor garden foundation or
how to create garden stepping stones. How can you attract
wildlife to your garden, or how can you keep squirrels
out of your bird feeder?
Learn plant propagation techniques
or how to grow bonsai. How do you prune shrubs or fruit
trees? This site offers gardening techniques that are
sure to answer almost all of your "how to"
questions.
http://www.essortment.com/in/Gardening.Growing.How.To/
Let's close with Garden Advice, which is an excellent
site for beginners and experienced gardeners alike.
Learn how to plan your garden, or how to take care of
roses.
Under Gardening Projects, learn how to design a container
garden or how to repot houseplants. You can even sign
up to get free e-mail gardening reminders from Miracle
Grow to take the guess work out of what you need to
do and when in your garden. http://www.gardenadvice.com/
About the Author Robin
Nobles, Director of Training, Academy of Web Specialists,
(http://www.academywebspecialists.com)
has trained several thousand people in her online search
engine marketing courses (http://www.onlinewebtraining.com).
She also teaches 2-, 3-, and 5-day
hands-on, search engine marketing workshops in locations
across the globe with Search Engine Workshops (http://www.searchengineworkshops.com).
Copyright 2003 Robin Nobles. All rights
reserved.
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