Assignment for Module #5: Conduct Garden Tests
Assignment for Module #5: Conduct Garden Tests
Be sure to complete the reading associated with soil health first (listed in the Reading section and again below).
Now it is time to step outside. Find a green space that is already a garden site or one you are considering for a garden site. Return to Garden: Soil: Testing page and complete step 2 and 3:
2. Take a Good Soil Sample. Refer to this fact sheet.
3. Conduct Home Tests. Refer to this fact sheet.
You will submit a word document summary of what you learned about your soil in completing these activities. The summary can be a few brief sentences like this one: Using the ribbon test I determine my soil is likely silty clay. Please also include challenges you had with the activities and if you like add pictures.
Submitting this assignment...
Save your Soil Assignment in a Word document as: Your.Name.Soil.doc
Then upload the Word file in Moodle by Sunday.
Have any questions? You can always talk with the instructor if needed, or post a question in the section call "Ask a Question".
After this assignment is complete, submit an entry in your Journal.
Repeat from Reading section
Soil health
The capacity of a soil to function to sustain productivity, maintain environmental quality, and promote plant and animal health is the foundation of soil health.
The Garden: Soil basics page provides a brief introduction to getting to know the physical components of soil.
The Garden: Soil: Testing page provides some activities to evaluate your specific garden soil. Look at pages 25 to 32 in this Site Assessment for Gardeners pdf document that you looked at for sun to see some further explanation of soil characteristics and drainage.
The Garden: Soil: Management page offers some ideas for promoting soil health once you done a bit to get to know your garden soil and asking what is next.