January 13, 2008
Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs
Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs
Cyndi Johnson gardens in California and has developed an online resource for home gardeners, Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs. She has a listing of more than 2000 mail-order gardening catalogs in the United States and Canada. The companies are rated for quality, service and price.
Posted by Ron Wolford at 4:28 PM
December 11, 2007
Food Safety Music Videos
Nancy Kreith, University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Coordinator emailed me this web site a couple of weeks ago. The focus of the site is to promote food safety. The site uses musical animations to get their message across to the viewer. The animations were produced at New Mexico State University as part of USDA CSREES National Integrated Food Safety Initiative Project Number CD-D-FST-7057-CG.
The project title is "Improving Food Safety Education Through Use of Music-Based Curricula" and the Project Director is Carl Winter at the University of California, Davis. Other cooperating educational institutions on the project are the University of Idaho, Clemson University, the University of Delaware, and North Carolina State University.
My favorite video is "Don't be a Gambler" which shows you how to properly prepare burgers. Another great video especially for kids is "You Better Wash Your Hands" sung to the Beatles song, "I Want Hold Your Hand" Other videos include "We Are the Microbes", "Don't Get Sticky Wit It", "Stomachache Tonight" and "Veggie Believer".
Posted by Ron Wolford at 4:48 PM
December 9, 2007
Christmas Trees and More
Years ago before the internet was around we would put together a brochure of local Chicagoland Christmas tree farms and run it off on a mimeograph machine. For you youngsters, a mimeograph machine was used to make multiple copies of brochures, articles etc.
When the World Wide Web came on the scene we decided to put the Christmas tree farms listing online, plus other Christmas tree related information. As a result the web site Christmas Trees and More was born.
The main feature of the web site is a listing of Christmas tree farms in Northeast Illinois and the rest of the state, plus the adjacent states of Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin. Farms can be sorted by city and county. The Christmas tree types section provides information on needle retention and aroma with pictures of the trees. There are also sections on Christmas tree facts, tree fun and tree education.
Posted by Ron Wolford at 3:30 PM
