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This page provides information and links for building greenhouses, composting, recycling and reusing household products, pool & pond care, and making and using rain barrels.
UK Libraries' Resources for UK Employees and Affiliates
Please note that some of these resources may require a UK LINKBLUE ID and password, or they can be accessed by visiting any UK Library.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
- Agricola This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts of materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions in the agricultural and related sciences. Ninety percent of the records describe journal articles and book chapters, and the remaining ten percent describe monographs, series, microforms, audiovisuals, maps, theses, patents, software, and technical reports.
- InfoKat Discovery This link opens in a new windowInfoKat Discovery allows you to quickly search multiple UK library resources simultaneously, including books, journal articles, dissertations, government documents, archives and special collections, images, maps, videos, music and open access content. InfoKat Discovery does NOT include all of the journal articles available through our databases.
- Plant Management Network This link opens in a new windowCooperative resource for the applied plant sciences. Includes searchable database comprised of web-based resource pages from the network's partner universities, companies, and associations.
- Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science Core Collection indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines.
Composting
- Home Composting: A Guide to Managing Yard WasteThis UK publication describes composting, the benefits of composting, how decomposition happens, basics of composting, acceptable and unacceptable materials, composting structures, and uses for compost.
- Composting: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 5Describes the science of composting, provides information on managing the decay process, how to make compost, how to use compost, describes worm bins: A way to compost food wastes to avoid pests, FAQs about worms, provides health and safety tips, and how to troubleshoot.
- Managing Household Waste: Preventing, Re-Using, Recycling, and CompostingThis UK publication provides introductory information on managing household waste, including why it is important, how to purchase long-lasting and re-usable products, how to understand product packaging, buying items with recycled content, how to recycle, what composting is and does, and important notes on burning household waste and waste dumping. Contacts and references are given for Kentucky laws and other resources to start living a "green" life (how to dispose of tires, motor oil, batteries, pesticides, and other chemicals).
Pool and Pond Care
- Black AlgaeThis website provides introductory information on Black Algae in pools and spas and describes the development, characteristics, treatment of, and prevention of black algae.
- Managing Recreational Fish PondsThis UK publication describes pond dynamics, water quality, basic principles of fish pond management, pond construction and watershed management, fish removal, pond fertilization, process of liming before fertilization, when and how to fertilize, species selection and stocking, evaluation of pond balance, weed control, potential problems, and enhancement techniques.
Rain Barrel
- Building a Rain BarrelThis UK publication and the simple and inexpensive ways in which rain barrels can be added to your home. Includes: benefits of rain barrels, description of how to build a rain barrel (parts and tool lists are included), provides images alongside instructions, how to install and manage overflow, how to connect multiple barrels, what maintenance is required, and other essential information.
Greenhouses
- Basics for Heating and Cooling Greenhouses for Tobacco Transplant ProductionThis UK publication presents basic guidelines for understanding and managing the heating, condensation, air circulation, and ventilation of plastic-covered greenhouses for tobacco transplant production.
- Greenhouses and Similar StructuresThis publication is an overview of greenhouses, including types of structures (low tunnel, high tunnel, & conventional), economic considerations, and selected resources for further study.