Home & Garden Subject Guide
Home Sites
How to Save on Heating Costs this Winter
Links to various sites offering tips on winterizing your home and choosing a fireplace, wood stove or pellet stove.
Best Places to Live
Money Magazine ranks the best places to live in the United States by region and population.
Better Homes & Gardens
Search the how-to encyclopedia for information on plumbing, wiring, carpentry, decks, and more. Also links on seasonal decor, crafts, and decorative painting.
Consumer Information Center -- Housing
Federal government site with useful consumer guides and pamphlets.
Free Real Estate Legal Forms
Free real estate forms that can be printed including agreements, contracts, leases, addendums, & clauses.
HGTV: Home and Garden Television
The cable network covers topics such as remodeling, building, decorating, real estate and instructions for home improvement projects.
Homestore.com
Provides calculators for estimating mortgages, moving costs, salary ranges, and other factors in moving to a new city or home. Homestore.com is a commercial real-estate site.
How to Do It Index
NLE's "How to Do It Index" to articles on all kinds of do it yourself projects. Browse the A-Z subject guide or search by keyword.
iVillage: Home and Garden
Extensive magazine-style site with household and decorating hints, how-to-do-it articles, feng shui, crafts, organizing and more.
MortgageLoan.com
Financial calculators, current mortgage rates and general information on mortgages, debt consolidation, home purchasing and refinancing.
Sperling's Best Places
Looking for the best place to live, work or retire in America? This site compares cities' schools, crime rate, climate, cost of living and much more.
Stain Guide
Stain removal guide for consumers found on Kiwi Web site.
This Old House
PBS's home improvement show has info on past projects, a resource directory of products and services, and a Q & A column with advice from the show's experts. Now includes Today's Homeowner.
Today's Mortgage Information (from HSH)
Current mortgage rates and financial calculators from HSH Associates, a publisher of mortgage information.
Toilets: Toiletology; A Complete Course in Toilet Repairs
Award winning site will take you step-by-step through toilet repair.
Gardening Sites
BugInfo.com
Interesting place to find out what bugs are crawling around in your back yard and garden.
Bulb.com
A wealth of information on all types of bulbs, including common and scientific names, a list of cultivars, planting information, and photos.
Dave's Garden - PlantFiles
Plant identification & information database with over 150,000 plants. Includes search options by common or botanical name.
Gardening in Wisconsin
A comprehensive Wisconsin Gardening Portal with links to gardening websites covering everything from vegetable and flower gardening to organic and pond gardening.
Green Acres
Interested in landscaping with native plants? This site will help you get started with planting, replacing your lawn, weed laws, plant lists, and more. Maintained by the EPA's Great Lakes Regional Office.
Helpful Gardener
Locate a Wisconsin nursery or garden center near your home. Features gardening articles, helpful tips, and daily answers to gardening questions.
Home & Garden Television
The cable network features different topics monthly, but there is always information on planting, landscaping, soil, tools, and do-it-yourself projects.
Jung Seed Co.
Online version of this popular Wisconsin seed company's catalog.
Organic Gardening
Maintained by the folks at Rodale Press, this is the online version of the magazine. A lot of good information on pest control, mulching, seeds, and keeping your soil healthy.
Pest Web
Links to information and sites about bugs and weeds.
Rebecca's Garden
Rebecca Kolls is the host of TV's Rebecca's Garden. Use the interactive garden planner to design your own garden.
Renegade Gardener
A gardening website just for gardeners living in USDA Hardiness Zones 2 through 4 with plants, landscaping and care advice as well as tips on what not to do.
University of Wisconsin Extension ~ Gardening
The most complete source of horticulture information for Wisconsin on the Internet. Find answers to common horticulture problems, cultural and pest information, and tips for indoor and outdoor gardening with a monthly gardening calendar.
The Wisconsin Gardener
Wisconsin Public Television's popular gardening program includes a gardening resource, program schedule & transcripts, electronic newsletter, and recipes.
Yard & Garden Solutions
Helps answer your horticulture questions. Covers flowers, houseplants, tree and shrubs. Information provided by the State of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.