Hobbies, Pets, Home, Cooking, Gardening
The American Kennel Club: dog breed directory
(including video), breed clubs, breeder referral contacts, rescue work, shows &
seminars
Astronomy.com: Designed
for Astronomy hobbyists, the site contains the latest space news, feature
articles, a nice beginners section, tips and tools for parents and teachers,
a photo gallery, and star charts.
Birding on the Web:
searchable digests & archives of e-mail lists on birds; images, general information,
Rare Bird Alerts
Birds Cornell: exhaustive
resource on birding; from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, includes
information on identifying species, feeding, attracting, and birding news
Botanique: lists 2300+
gardens, arboreta & nature sites in North America; calendar of gardening
events; searchable
Cat Fanciers: breed directory
(including video), breed clubs, breeder referral contacts, rescue work, shows &
seminars; links to cat sites
Chess Corner: Chess resource
includes instructional material for beginners and contacts and links for
more advanced players
Collectors Universe: includes coins,
currency, autographs, sports, records and stamps; daily price guides;
want lists; counterfeit reports; auctions; dealers; search dealer catalogs; searchable
archives; links to specialty sites
Cyber-Pet: links to sites for dogs & cats
Epicurious: Bon Appetit & Gourmet
Magazines online
Flowerweb: search for photographs of
7,000+ flowers & plants by botanical name, VBN code or any of six languages;
to access select "menu" then select "flowerbase"
GardenNet: links to Internet resources, garden
& flower shows schedules; show gardens & garden tours, & gardening
associations; weekly gardening e-zine
Home
Gardening: from Cornell University; includes growing guides for flowers,
vegetables and lawns
Home Maintenance and
Repair Database: articles on home maintenance & repair from Michigan State
University; browse by topic or search by keyword
The Horse Interactive: primary
coverage is of equine health; databank of equine health issues; links to
other horse sites
The Kitchen Link: gateway to food &
cooking-related websites; searchable & classified; links to everything from recipes to
appliances to restaurant reviews
KnitNet: an on-line quarterly magazine with
knitting patterns; links to other knitting sites
National Gardening Association:
searchable excerpts from National Garden; buyer's guide; horticultural
dictionary with 15,000+ entries including plants, botanical terms, pests,
diseases; kids' gardening, links, seed swap
NetVet & The Electronic Zoo: gateway to
veterinary medical & animal resources; includes careers, education, organizations,
publications, dealers for pharmaceuticals, pets & supplies; keyword searchable;
Electronic Zoo includes pets, wildlife, marine mammals, zoo animals
newyork.sidewalk: find New York City
restaurants, movies, theater, music, clubs, bars, sports, art galleries, museums, events
for children, special events.
NMRA Directory Homepage (NMRA on the Web):
National Model Railroad Association links to railroad sites including models and general
railroad info
StitchGuide.com:
Illustrations and video guides for the most-used stitches in a
variety of crafts, including knitting, crochet, tatting, and embroidery
Web Garden: Factsheet
Database of 9,000+ searchable links to agronomics & horticultural factsheets on
growing plants; searchable Plant Dictionary includes 1,444 images & horticultural
descriptions of species & cultivars
