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Publisher: Penn State University

The Medieval Garden view detail comment email this

This website for a garden at Penn State University describes elements of a medieval garden. Includes illustrated information about the garden sections (kitchen garden, pleasure ground, and contemplation garden), and descriptions of typical medieval flowers, trees, vegetable and field crops, and garden structures. From the Center for Medieval Studies, Penn State University.
http://www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/garden/garden.html
Topics: Crops, Gardening, History

Last updated Jan 16, 2008


Cooking for Crowds view detail comment email this

"The Cooking for Crowds curriculum offers practical food safety strategies for nonprofit organizations. This website offers all the tools necessary to carry out a Cooking for Crowds workshop." In addition to food safety advice, and teaching and evaluation materials, find recommendations for "a variety of low-cost food safety equipment resources." From Penn State University.
http://www.cookingforcrowds.psu.edu/
Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Nutrition & Food Safety

Last updated Aug 19, 2003


Penn State Center for Plasticulture view detail comment email this

This website contains information about plasticulture, the use of plastics in agricultural applications. Topics include plastic mulch, drip irrigation, row covers, high tunnels ("a crop growing system that fits somewhere between row covers and greenhouses"), windbreaks, and waste plastic. Includes images, results of experiments, and other publications. From the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University.
http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/
Topics: Agriculture, Technology

Last updated Jan 3, 2006


Computing With Accents, Symbols & Foreign Scripts view detail comment email this

Extensive information about using foreign letters and other special characters in computer-generated documents such as word processing or web pages. Features characters by language, "Unicode Entity Codes for Phonetic Symbols" by letter (such as č, "c hachek" and ŵ, "Welsh w circumflex"), information for configuring browsers to display character sets, tips for website developers, links to related information, and more. Some information is specific to Penn State University.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/
Topics: Web Design and Management

Last updated Jan 11, 2006





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