Community Gardening Resources

Found this mountain of information on community gardening while browsing for interesting topics.  Check it out when you get time.

Community Gardening Resources — Helpful Resources for Community Gardeners from the University of Illinois Extension, curated by Ron Wolford

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Plant secrets may make clean fuel

Australian National University
Monday, 12 November 2012

The researchers used computer modelling to reveal the molecular structure of the photosynthesis reaction site in plants, which is where sunlight converts water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Image: Bhaskar Pyakurel/Flickr

The prospect of creating clean, renewable hydrogen fuel is closer than ever after a breakthrough in our understanding of photosynthesis.

Professors Rob Stranger and Ron Pace from the Research School of Chemistry in the ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences used computer modelling to reveal the molecular structure of the photosynthesis reaction site in plants. This is where sunlight is used to convert water into its components – hydrogen and oxygen.

For the first time, they have identified the specific water molecules in a plant’s photosystem that are converted into oxygen. [… Read More]

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Soil, Plant & Pest Center – UT Extension

Below are the URLs to the Soil, Plant and Pest Center discussed by Dr. Alan Windham during our Plant Pathology class Monday night.  Dr. Windham and others do a fantastic job of posting timely, relevant information on what they’re seeing in gardens and on lawns here in Tennessee on the FB page.  And they post excellent photos (that they take) of everything they see!  If you have a Facebook account, do yourself (and your neighbors) a favor and Like the Soil, Plant & Pest Center page.  I’m not kidding when I say their Facebook page is reason enough to join FB.

https://www.facebook.com/SoilPlantPestCenter

http://soilplantandpest.utk.edu

Finally, be sure to click on the Publications menu on the soilplantandpest.utk.edu page and download the files Dr. Windham used during his plant pathology lecture on Monday night.

http://soilplantandpest.utk.edu/publications/presentations.htm

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Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw

This is the book mentioned by UT/TSU Extension Agent David Cook during the MG Intern class Monday night.  The author is Whitney Cranshaw.

Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)  by Whitney Cranshaw

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Aeroponic System by Indoor Harvest

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