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VGA Live!

July 17, 2011
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Being a country boy and having been brought up on a farm, I'm aware that one of the key factors in growing vegetables is ensuring rotation of crops every year, avoiding disease build up and prevention of nutrient depletion. Rotating things around ensures optimum and healthy conditions.

Keeping track of what’s been growing where, is a daunting task for farmers, gardeners and others working the land.

Here is where VGALive comes in; a 100% free (now and we are told forever) online vegetable plot management system and encyclopaedia.

VGA’s main function is to keep track of yearly crop growing cycles.

Users can record...

  • what crop has been planted;
  • where and when a crop was set and harvested; and
  • a complete history of that any zone.
When considering what to plant next year, it’s easy to see what can safely be planted next, and, probably why it is free, the built in seed catalog makes it easy to plan ahead before the busy planting season arrives.

Visit http://www.thevga.co.uk/index.cgi to find out more.

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Records 

 

Farmers Guardian's Videos

January 11, 2011

For those engaged with Land-Based Studies, I'm reliably informed that...

The Farmers Guardian Admin's YouTube Channel

...has video clips that can support both teaching and learning.

Visit http://www.youtube.com/user/FarmersGuardianAdmin to find out more.

Note: the initial clip, at the time of producing this article is "tongue-in-cheek"

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Video Clips 

 

Garden Pest Detective

July 16, 2010

I'm not qualified to judge if this website (from Burlington, Vermont, USA) is any use to those engaged with Land-based studies here in the UK but, from a science point of view, I found it very interesting.

Learners will find many garden pests and plant diseases which they are unfamiliar with. Learning the signs for each pest/disease can be quite a task. That is why Garden Pest Detective could be a very helpful tool.

Garden Pest Detective is a free and simple to use web service that con...


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Interactive Resources 

 

iBotanika

April 6, 2010

iBotanika is a website for anyone from the beginner gardener to the profession botanist; a place to...

  • catalog "gardening progress";
  • find information; and
  • connect with other plant enthusiasts.

Unlike some of the larger social networking sites, iBotanika is a focused community that is specific to plant growers.

Users can...

  • upload pictures of themselves and their plants;
  • indicate the location of their plants; and
  • get your own virtual greenhouse.
Visit http://www.ibotanika.com/ to find o...
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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Social Networking 

 

Garden Puzzle

February 8, 2010

On the GardenPuzzle website users can easily design their dream garden using a plants database created specifically to match local conditions. You can also ask the GardenPuzzle Community for advice about anything related to gardening.

This website is one for those engaged with land-based studies.

On GardenPuzzle visitors can do two things...

  • design a dream garden from scratch; and
  • take current gardens and enhance them.

In either case, users can...

  • upload a picture; and then proceed t...

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Garden Design 

 
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About Me

John Dalziel
Liverpool

John Dalziel I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.

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