Soil and Additives Resources from Home Directory

A Summary Guide For The Microbiological Analysis of Soil and Compost - Informational sheet.

Better Homes and Gardens: Soil Water & Fertilizers - Includes articles on making potting mixes proper watering techniques nutrient needs and mulching.

Building Fertile Soil - Guide to creating and maintaining good quality soil emphasizing organic materials and composting from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.

Do It Yourself.com: Fertilizer Compost and Soil - Series of projects articles and tips on fertilizing composting and nutrient management.

Gardening Information: Soil - Collection of articles from Oregon State University on various aspects of soil: use of amendments and cover crops temperature acidity moisture and testing.

Improve Your Garden Soil - Covers a wide range of garden soil topics including soil types pH nutrients testing composting and fertilizers.

Improving Soils For Vegetable Gardening - Ohio State University fact sheet covers soil basics: types texture and structure drainage and moisture nutrients pH and cover crops.

Iron Chlorosis - Explains how iron deficiency affects trees and plants and how to correct it. Ohio State University fact sheet.

Lead Contamination In The Garden - Covers causes and effects of elevated lead levels recommends both health and soil screening procedures and provides guidelines for gardening in areas with lead contamination.

Soil Testing is an Excellent Investment for Garden Plants and Commercial Crops HYG-1132-99 - Ohio State University fact sheet covers the benefits of testing garden soil and provides recommendations for testing frequency collecting a sample and submitting to a testing lab.

The Schundler Company - Collection of articles and resources about the horticultural uses of perlite and vermiculite.

The World of Soil - An introduction to soil components acidity fertility and care as well as an extensive collection of links to other soil resources.

Vermiculite.com - One-page site giving suggestions on where to purchase vermiculite in the United States along with some uses and properties of vermiculite.