Resources

Soils & Fertilization
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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
(CSU Extension)
(OSU Extension Service)
(Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA)
Videos
How to Take and Interpret a Soil Test for Gardens |
(UW CES, Recorded 2015)
(Barnyards & Backyards Live! Show)
(UW CES, Recorded 2004)

Barnyards & Backyards Articles
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
1: Calcareous & Alkaline Soils: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
2: Effects of Cations On Soil Structure: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
3: Soil Sampling and Phosphorus in Calcareous Soils: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
4: Drainage And Why We Care: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
5: Water Infilitration: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
6: Fertilizer Interactions in Alkaline Soils: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
8: Sulfur and Micronutrients in High pH Soils: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
9: The Albrecht System and Study Results: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
10: Connecting Soil Health and Human Health-Crop Management: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
11: NRCS and Soil Health in the Big Horn Basin: What is working?: Slides | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
7 & 12: Questions and Answers with Presenters | (Farming Above ph7: Alkaline Soil & Fertility Seminar)
Videos
(Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)
(UW CES, Recorded 2004)

(UW CES pub B-988 Written 1994)
Establishing trees and shrubs on salt-affected sites
Saline soils present special problems
(Resources from Bridger Plant Materials Center)