This site has great information on gardening without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides, both of which might be unavailable post-Y2K. Check out the section on urban dwellers feeding themselves from their small plots, and especially check out the picture of the proverbial 'Average American Family of Four' and what they eat in a years time - thought-provoking, to say the least.

Organic Gardening - Frugal Sustainability

P.S. Get your seeds now. If you can't get the non-hybrid, at least get some of the Burpee-type packets that are out now at all the stores. Next year at this time, you might not be able to get them for love or money...

-- Why2K? (who@knows.com), February 14, 1999

Answers

Could you please give the web address for the site. Thank you.

-- gilda jessie (jess@listbot.com), February 14, 1999.

I'd also suggest the following gardening forum, which has a very active organic gardening series:

http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), February 14, 1999.

Gilda, just click on the hotlink titled "Organic Gardening - Frugal Sustainability" - that will take you to the site.

-- Why2K? (who@knows.com), February 14, 1999.

Remember to pull weeds when they are little and fragile. The longer you delay, the more difficult their extraction will be. Some weeds have more rapid growth cycles than your plants and can easily reseed your garden plot before you harvest the main crops. Compost between plants to prevent new weed seeds from sprouting.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), February 14, 1999.

Thanks Why2k, but I knew that. (I didn't mean that to sound snotty) By a web address to the site, I meant an http:www. hot link. When I bookmark the hot line above it just shows the cool pages address. Oh well, no problem, I'll just rename it in my favorites. Thanks for replying to me anyway Why.

-- gilda jessie (jess@listbot.com), February 15, 1999.

Sorry, Gilda, I didn't understand. Here it is:

http://www.hooked.net/users/verdant/food.htm

http://www.hooked. net/users/verdant/food.htm

-- Why2K? (who@knows.com), February 15, 1999.

Lowe's has a variety of vegetable seed packets for 10 cents each. Our local store still had plenty last weekend.

-- Linda M. (xxx@xxx.xxx), February 16, 1999.