Home & garden
Also on this page: Do-It-Yourself | Gardening | Food & drink | Pets
Key links
BBC Homes
Property matters and home improvements, with links to related BBC programmes.
HintsandThings
Everything you need to know about running a home from decluttering the attic to finding lost contact lenses.
Do-It-Yourself
DIYFixIt
Advice on a large range of DIY tasks. Also has a partner site on car maintenance: MotorFixIt.
Gardening
Royal Horticultural Society
Gives access to the RHS's popular Garden Finder, Plant Finder, Plant Selector and specialist Nursery Finder, as well as details of all their events and properties around the country.
BBC Gardening
More than just a TV tie-in, this site includes a plant database, project instructions and a Today in Your Garden feature..
National Gardens Scheme
Includes a searchable directory of the gardens all over Britain that open (sometimes for just one day) to raise money for charity.
Garden Organic
Gives practical advice for organic gardening, and gardens to visit, with links to many other useful sites.
Food and drink
Food & Drink from Oxford Reference Online [24/7]
BBC Food
Including a food glossary, a recipe database and biographies of celebrity chefs.
Recipe search
Part of a food website from Sainsbury's, this is a recipe database searchable by combinations of ingredients (e.g.: beef and chocolate!).
Food Standards Agency
Government site with lots of useful information, from food safety to healthy eating to the facts about food labelling.
British Nutrition Foundation
Site promoting healthy eating by assessing current knowledge and research, including analysis of food ingredients.
Still Tasty
Search for almost any food or drink and get practical advice on storage times and methods. Also features a useful Q & A section. US site, so some terminology varies from the UK.
Food Reference
Strong US bias, but home to a wealth of food information, facts and trivia.
Pets
Find a vet
Database from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, searchable by area and type of animal.
RSPCA
This site from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has information on their campaigns, animal care in general, a large section on the most popular pets and their needs, and a children's site called Under8teenz.
Not quite what you were looking for? See also:
Advice & help for information on housing
Family & personal for personal finance
Science & technology for more information about the animal world
Sport & pastimes
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