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Home & Garden

Building and maintenance of dwellings and their grounds.

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Sub-headings:

Home Energy Efficiency
Home Maintenance & Improvement
Old Houses
General Gardening
Specific Plants & Gardening Techniques
Lawns & Landscaping
Home Construction

Resources in this category:

Better Homes and Gardens
http://www.bhg.com/
Contains articles from the magazine, but also many other resources such as the "How-to Encyclopedia," other DIY guides and articles, discussion forums, and a searchable index of the site.
Coastal Living
http://www.coastalliving.com/coastal/
"Coastal Living [is] the magazine for people who love the coast." Focusing on US coastal regions, this site features articles on travel, homes, and the coastal lifestyle.
Consumer Home & Garden
http://www.consumer.org.nz/
"Consumer Home & Garden is the only magazine of its kind to publish independent test reports. You get brand-name ratings and recommendations, along with inspiration and advice on a whole range of gardening and home improvement projects. Published every two months, it also offers subscribers the opportunity to take part in regular growing trials."
Country Home
http://www.countryhome.com/
"Country Home magazine is...dedicated to helping readers bring the comforts and pleasures of country style into their homes and lives." Contains "useful and inspiring ideas and information about decorating, collecting, architecture, crafts, cooking, and gardening."
Country Living
http://www.countryliving.com/
Features articles on collecting, decorating, cooking, and gardening.
Good Housekeeping
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/
This popular magazine's web site includes selected articles from the print version, as well as chat rooms, product reviews, and other articles on cooking, cleaning, and related topics.
Log Home Living
http://www.loghome.com/loghomeliving/
Articles and resources for building and living in a log home.
Martha Stewart Living
http://www.marthastewart.com/
Articles on cooking, gardening, crafts, holidays, weddings, and more.
Midwest Living
http://www.midwestliving.com/
This site features articles about cooking, gardening, travel, and houses in the US Midwest. Also includes such tools as an events calendar and links to sites mentioned in the print version.
Mother Earth News
http://www.motherearthnews.com/
"America's leading magazine about sustainable, self-reliant living."
National Gardening Magazine
http://magazine-directory.com/National-Gardening.htm
Online version of the National Gardening Magazine. Contains feature articles from current month's issue. Also contains searchable archive of back issues.
National Home Channel News
http://www.homechannelnews.com/
"News and Analysis for the Home Improvement Building Material Industry. NHCN On The Web takes full advantage of the electronic medium and offers exclusively online: Top Stories updated every day; Industry stock quotes of publicly traded companies updated every minute; Classifieds as they come in; A Reference Desk allowing Visitors to search NHCN's archives by company or product category. NHCN On The Web covers all aspects of the home improvement industry with extended news coverage, in-depth statistics and analysis and special merchandising, marketing, operations and management sections to cover all functional areas. Articles are available in HTML format."
The New Homemaker
http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/index.php
"A Domestic Renaissance being crafted by women and men who've chosen to stay at home to work and raise children, and are reinventing and reviving lost household arts. Resources for cleaning and crafts, health and thrift, childcare and elder care favor a traditional and environmentally friendly wisdom of the hearth. "
Southern Living
http://www.southernliving.com/southern/
"With features on travel and vacations, gardens and design, homes and interiors, and foods and hospitality, Southern Living Online offers a look at the best of the South. Most of what you see on our Web site doesn't appear in our monthly magazine."
This Old House
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/
"An adjunct to the most popular TV show on PBS, This Old House covers a variety of home repair topics in easy to follow, graphically impressive ways. The two yearly houses featured on the show are described, with different projects highlighted, as well as a"

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