Gardening Information:
Webcasting for Gardeners:
(ARA) - If you're all thumbs when it comes to gardening, why not put your digits to good use by digging up the latest gardening information via the Internet? The nation's first commercial cybergardening network, known as OvertheHedge.net, allows gardeners nationwide to communicate one-on-one with a gardening expert over the phone or via email through technology known as Webcasting. Webcasting combines the best of radio and television garden shows with the Internet, allowing you to ask questions of a gardening expert on the air while at the same time view pictures of the plant or flower in question.
Here's how it works: you contact a gardening expert during a live Webcast program with a question such as how to prevent aphids on your rose bushes. As the expert responds to your questions, pictures of both the rose bush and the various types of aphids will instantly appear on your computer screen. The expert will then discuss why aphids attack roses and how to eliminate them. He or she may even suggest a particular type of insecticide, which will also pop up on your computer screen. With just a touch of button, you can then look up gardening stores in your neighborhood or find their site on the Internet so you can purchase the products that the experts discussed.
Want to hear the answer again about aphids or maybe how to protect your fragile tomato plants from a late frost? You can simply download the Webcast program and watch it again at your convenience. You can also quickly review archives of past shows without having to go to all the trouble and storage space associated with recording a show with a VCR, as you would have to do for television.
OvertheHedge.net offers live interactive webcasts for gardeners.
For "do it yourself" gardeners who like to figure out problems on their own, the Webcast network also offers features such as:
- Customized content that allows you to search information by plant category, growing season, climate zone, flower color, plant height, as well as sun or shade accessibility
- Access to the world's largest gardening database with 32,000 plant listings
- Problem-solver database to help you diagnose and treat common plant problems
- Product and store locator organized by zip code so you can quickly determine where to buy gardening products and tools locally
To participate in the country's first live Webcast shows for gardeners, visit www.overthehedge.net for a full programming schedule.
Courtesy of ARA Content, www.aracontent.com, e-mail: info@aracontent.com
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