• Acme How To - Learn how to fix appliances, repair electrical problems, resolve plumbing problems, fix doors and windows, and more.
• Bonsai Site -- This site covers bonsai history, beginning and advanced techniques, and maintenance.
• GardenNet.com - This gardening gateway covers "everything about gardens and gardening" with links, descriptions, and contact information for thousands of garden companies, mail order catalogs, associations, websites, services, products, plants, events, and more.
• Home Improvement Encyclopedia (Better Homes and Gardens) - A searchable online encyclopedia about many home repair and improvement topics. Includes Project Calculators that cover paint, drywall, wallpaper, lumber, and concrete.
• Homebuyer's Kit - HUD's website for homebuyers includes tips for first-time homebuyers, rights of a homebuyer, calculating how much mortgage you can afford, real estate agents, mortgages and homebuying programs, manufactured homes, and more.
• iloveplants.com - "A down-to-earth, easy to use directory of 6,280 links in over 100 categories of plant and garden related items.
• Interior Decorating - A collection of over 1 million sites about home decorating.
• Michigan State University Home Maintenance and Repair - A catalog of over 600 articles on topics ranging from home remodeling and repair problems to step-by-step project instructions.
• Minnesota Wildflowers - Photos and information about wildflowers that grow in Minnesota, both native and non-native.
• Natural Handyman - Offers advice on a wide range of home repair topics, a browseable archive of home repair articles, and a list of product manufacturers.
• Hometime - Find how-to-information, including step-by-step guides, photos and supply lists for dozens of home improvement projects.
• HouseNet - A huge site covering home improvement, lawn and garden, smart savings, real estate, home decorating, and sewing ideas.
• Old House Web - Restoration, home improvement and remodeling advice for old house lovers.
• Plants database - From the United States Department of Agriculture, information about vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. View a list of plants by state, or lists of particular kinds of plants.
• RenegadeGardener.com - "A lone voice of horticultural reason for USDA Zones 2 through 4."
• RepairClinic.com: Applicance Repair Tips & Help - Basic maintenance, troubleshooting tips, and explanations of the workings of household appliances in easily understood language.
• Sump Pump Info - Everything you need to know about sump pumps.
• University of Minnesota Extension Service: Gardening - A wealth of gardening information aimed at northern gardeners. Includes full-text of extension service publications, Info U Briefs, newsletters, and news releases covering flowers, fruit, indoor gardening, landscaping, lawns, trees and shrubs, and vegetables.

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