At the National Gardening Association's Easy Seed-Starting
 Guide, you can "get your garden off to a good start" with their
 step-by-step instructions and tips from the pros. Learn the
 germination temperature, the number of days to germinate, plant
 spacing, and the amount of sunlight required. Access the
 National Gardening Magazine to learn about new vegetables, fruit,
 or roses for 1998.
 http://www.wowpages.com/nga/

 By far, one of the best gardening sites on the Web is
 GardenGuides, where you'll discover anything and everything
 "green." Learn how to prepare herbs, how to force bulbs, and
 how to grow gardens in a container.
 http://www.gardenguides.com/

 At Pathfinder's Virtual Garden, you can click on Armchair
 Gardener for the best gardening articles from publications such
 as SOUTHERN LIVING or SUNSET magazines. If you don't have
 a lot of time for gardening, maybe the Weekend Projects section
 would be perfect for you, where you can access categories such
 as Instant Gardening, Gardening Basics, or Backyard Builder. 
 http://pathfinder.com/vg/

 Fine Gardening Online Magazine offers a guided web tour of their
 favorite seed starting resources. Or, learn that every year, the
 Heirloom Daffodils signal the return of spring. Under Design, you
 can learn how to have a great garden in just one year, or learn
 how to have spring-to-fall color in a shady spot. Access a flower
 bloom chart, or learn how to design a water garden.
 http://www.taunton.com/fg/

 Typical of their outstanding magazine, Better Homes & Gardens
 offers a Gardening Home Page full of helpful features such as
 Gardening Maps, where you can check out the most detailed
 plant hardiness maps on the Internet. 
 http://www.bhglive.com/gardening/index.html

 Are you having problems with your garden? Visit the no-nonsense
 Problem Identification Aids and see if you can find a solution.
 Categories are flowers, ground covers, shrubs, and trees.
 http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/problems.html

 If you're interested in flowers, Flowerbase is the place for you.
 The database offers over 7,000 pictures of flowers, plants, and
 garden plants.
 http://www.flowerweb.nl/flowerbase/

 Rose gardeners need to stop by the Rose Resource page. Find
 the perfect award-winning rose for your garden, or learn rose
 gardening tips.
 http://www.rose.org/

 We'll close with a comprehensive listing of gardening sites,
 Internet Gardening, where you'll find links to publications, other
 gardeners, reference sites, gardening discussion groups, and a
 listing of impressive gardens to visit. If you travel, be sure to click
 on the Calendar of Garden Events to learn of gardening
 happenings in areas where you might visit.
 http://learning.lib.vt.edu/garden.html

 Robin Nobles is a freelance writer whose articles on surfing the
 Web are published in six newspapers regularly. She also writes
 articles about the Web and Internet in publications such as
 Internet Newsroom, InfoAlert, WebVantage, CompuNotes,
 ChipNET, The Sunshine Post, Bridges Initiatives, and more. She
 can be reached at robin@robinsnest.com or through her website:
 Robin's Nest for Writers and Web Surfers -
 http://www.robinsnest.com/