Top Gardening Sites

Can anyone recommend a good source of information for the beginning of a gardener?

I want to start planning now for a Landscaping project permaculture to my yard next spring. From what I've read about permaculture, which sounds like a great concept, but I am overwhelmed by the levels of ph, the companion planting, planting seeds in hills, blah, blah, blah! I need to do this as frugally as possible and want to do some Container Gardening to prevent weeds. Want plant the front and back yards and have it attractive and productive. Any advice? Thanks!

Call your local extension office and ask for the UCCE master gardener. They have a plethora of literature that disperse at no cost.

Design Build Plant Organic Garden – Companion Planting

The Salad Lover’s Garden $4.99 New – A comprehensive and practical guide, “The Salad Lover’s Garden” addresses: where and when to plant, light and soil conditions, preparing the soil, successive plantings, companion planting, and container gardening. Also included are discussions of garden tools, bed preparation, fertilizers, and techniques for intensive planting, thinning, watering, mulching, and weeding; a complete chart of garden pests, plants affected, symptoms, and control; a plant-by-plant discussion of the specific var