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I love this site! They also have an inexpensive magazine, but much of the content is available on the site, blogs, and archives. Everything about sustainable living.

This website contains links to things like the Official Soil Series Description and Soil Taxonomy.

Wow, that is a treasure trove of soil nerdiness! Very cool. I certainly won't read all 871 pages but the overview sections at the beginning will help me learn a lot. I noticed a huge difference between gardening in Northampton for two years, and Greenfield where I am now. In Noho, I was pretty close to the river, I guess on the 100 year flood plain, and the soil was much richer, darker and had more organic matter. In Greenfield it's more dense and clay-like. I'm not sure of the geological reason for that but it's a different gardening experience.

USDA website cataloging over 10,000 plant species. It has data on growth habits, wetland indicator status, native/nonnative status, rare or endangered species status and more.

I forgot about this database and am so grateful to be reintroduced to it. I've got a garden patched with areas that grow weeds but nothing else. I've been looking for more information about which native species to Wash. state would thrive in my garden. The sources I find online are too generic. Thanks for sharing this information! Joy