Before you jump into your Urban gardening adventure, we should pump up our knowledge of plants and plant care. Some of this will be a refresher and some information may be new. Check out the following websites and activities.
Start Here
Basic Gardening and Plant Tips
Read through this refresher information
Average Rain Fall
Go to this website to know your area's average rainfall.
The Power of a Drop of Water
High Speed Video Sequence of a Rain Splash
Transpiration
Refresh on plant vapors
The Water Cycle
Watch this flash video (click "auto") about the water cycle
Top Ten Rookie Gardener Mistakes
The Life Stages of a Plant
The 5 Part Meal Plan
Did you know that are five edible plant parts?
Not all plants have all five edible parts,
(for example you would not munch on rose bush
leaves or oak tree roots) but many parts can be eaten.
Here is a Five Part diagram
As you can see, we can eat all the parts of a plant.
