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Thinking about buying an irrigated small acreage? Check water right, soil type, water quality

Soils, the foundation of life. Figuring out what you have. (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

Getting the Straight Dirt: how to test the health of your soil

Is my garden soil harboring harmful herbicide residues?

The old saying 'Dull as Dirt' doesn't apply here

The scoop on dirt and soil

Where to Find Information Regarding Your Soil

You can use the Web to explore your soils

Other Publications

How to Sample Soils in Gardens & Landscapes

How to Sample Soils in Hayfields & Pastures

Soil Test Explanation (CSU Extension)

Soil Test Interpretation Guide (OSU Extension Service)

Web Soil Survey - this site provides access to a database of information (including maps) on soils in the United States (Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA)

Videos

How to Take and Interpret a Soil Test for Gardens Video (~26 min)| Audio only

How to Take a Soil Test (UW CES, Recorded 2015)

Improving your soils through soil testing. Did it pass the test? (Barnyards & Backyards Live! Show)

Soil Textures (UW CES, Recorded 2004)

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Keeping the land you paid for. Protecting your soil from wind and water. (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)

Planning to build? Thinking ahead can save you time, money and precious topsoil

Protect your soil from ‘Mariah

Other Resources

The Albrecht System and Study Results: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Effects of Cations On Soil Structure: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Calcareous & Alkaline Soils: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Drainage And Why We Care: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Fertilizer Interactions in Alkaline Soils: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Connecting Soil Health and Human Health-Crop Management: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

NRCS and Soil Health in the Big Horn Basin: What is working?: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Soil Sampling and Phosphorus in Calcareous Soils: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Sulfur and Micronutrients in High pH Soils: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Water Infilitration: Slides | Video (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Questions and Answers with Presenters Day 1 | Day 2 (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)

Videos

Soils for successful vegetable gardens (Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)

The Living Soil (UW CES, Recorded 2004)

Composting

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

Fall soil prep turbocharges garden for 2020 bounty

Growing healthy soil in the garden

Biochar: What is it and what does it do?

Is fertilizing irrigated pastures, hayfields, a waste of money?

The scoop on manure management

Fixing what ails your soil - the soil doctor is in!

How cover crops can benefit your small acreage

Plants with perk

Other Publications

Landscaping: Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs (UW CES pub B-1172 Written 2006)

Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition (A SARE publication)

Soil Salinity, Salt Tolerance, and Growth Potential of Horticultural and Landscape Plants (UW CES pub B-988 Written 1994)

Establishing trees and shrubs on salt-affected sites

Saline soils present special problems

Salty Soils and Tree and Shrub Plantings (Resources from Bridger Plant Materials Center)

Series of short video clips on Soil and Composting subjects

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