With spring in the air, and the garden centres offering all sorts of goodies, many people's thoughts are turning to more earth-bound activities than surfing.
Even the most green-fingered could find the Internet a useful source of help with a huge selection of gardening tips sprouting up all over the web.
At our own gardening website, readers will soon be able to share in the trials and tribulations of life at our allotment, ask questions of expert gardener Philip Swindells or sign up to join our Gardening Club.
Members of our club get benefits which include:
* A regular newsletter (three times a year) with details of events and special Gardening Club offers on plants and products.
* Additional discounts on The Northern Echo special reader gardening offers.
* Visits to gardens and flower shows at discount prices.
* Opportunities to attend The Northern Echo Gardening Workshops at reduced prices.
Elsewhere online, gardening help is available from everyone, from charities to celebrities. Some of the best include:
This BBC site has message boards covering everything from makeovers to nightmares, answers to common problems and links to TV favourite Gardener's World.
Celebrity gardeners Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock can be found at this site.
www.ngs.org.uk The website for the National Gardens Scheme where some beautiful gardens are opened to the public to raise money for charity.
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