Message/Chat/Forum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/h2/h2.cgi?boa rd=gardening
Access to a range of bulletin boards, covering house plants,  garden design, pests and diseases, allotment tales.

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/forum/
Run by  Kitchen Garden - monthly magazine devoted to vegetables, fruit and  herbs.

http://www.topica.com/lists/organicgarden/
The email list for the Organic UK web site - discussing organic  gardening. For beginners and 'old hands', aimed mainly at organic gardeners in  the UK.

 http://www.steamradio.com/mailman/listinf o/organic-l
For organic gardeners

 http://pub175.ezboard.com/brealgardeners
Bulletin board from Real Gardeners - mainly UK membership, but some  further afield.

 http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/
Guide to  numerous resources gathered by the indefatigable URGlers