Books and Links

Youth and Schools

Ecotrust Farm to School
Zenger Farm
SCRAP!The School and Community Reuse Action Project
Environmental Middle School
TheEdibleSchoolyard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
California School Garden Network
Life Lab

National Gardening Association Kid's Gardening                                                          

Chickens

Avian Flu Info at Seattle Tilth
A Flock of Your Own
Oregon Chicken Author, Free Chicken Newsletter
City of Portland Animal Regulations (Keeping Chickens is 13.05.015 E)
Poultry Breed Database, Oklahoma State University
How to Raise day Old Chickens in your Backyard
Chickens in the City
Seattle Tilth Chickens
The City Chicken
Cunning Coops
 

General Gardening

Have questions? Call the Master Gardener Hotline, Multnomah County: 10-2pm weekdays 503-445-4608

Metro Natural Gardening Program Dropping temperatures and rain signal planting time in the Pacific Northwest. Do it with nature's help. Metro will be your guide at natural gardening workshops through mid-October. You'll learn which plants will attract birds, bees and butterflies, cover crops that will enrich your soil and so much more. Call 503-234-3000 or visit www.oregonmetro.gov/garden for details.

Organic Gardening
Garden Forums

Community Gardens

American Community Garden Association
Portland Community Gardens

Fruit Trees

Home Orchard Society
Portland Fruit Tree Project

Composting & Worms

Easy Worm Bin Design
Oregon Tilth
Seattle Tilth Association
The Worm Woman! Mary Appelhof

Lead Testing & Soil Testing

Call individual companies or visit websites for lead testing prices.

Wy'east Environmental Sciences Inc
Address: 2415 Se 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214-5307
Phone: (503) 231-9320
$20 lead testing - soil
Radon - Mold - Asbestos - Lead
Fast Results 1-800-220-3675

Soil Food Web, OR
For sampling or any other questions, please call us at 541-752-5066 or send email to info@oregonfoodweb.com.
Please send samples to 1750 SW 3rd ST STE K, Corvallis OR 97333

A&L Wester Laboratories
10220 SW Nimbus Ave. Bldg. K-9
Portland, OR 97223
Phone: (503) 968-9225
Fax: (503) 598-7702

KUO Testing Labs
337 S. 1st Avenue
Othello WA. 99344
1-800-328-0112
1-509-488-0118 (Fax)
Email: kuotest@atnet.net
Business hour: 8 am - 5 pm (from Monday to Friday)

Mukang Labs
2526 East Saint Helens Street, Pasco, WA 99301
Tel. 509-544-2159
Fax 509-547-4605
services@mukanglabs.com
$18 lead testing

Kinsey Agricultural Services, Inc.  
Great soil analysis using the Albrecht method.
297 County Highway 357    
Charleston, Missouri 63834     U.S.A.            
phone: (573) 683 3880    
fax: (573) 683 6227    
e-mail: neal@kinseyag.com

Pyxis Laboratories, LLC
12423 NE Whitaker Way
Portland, OR. 97230
Phone: (503) 254-1794
Fax: (503) 254-1452
e-mail: pyxislab.org
$40 lead testing - soil

Spanish Language Garden Resources

GuÌa de Plantar para los Legumbres y Verduras en Oregon (Vegetable Planting Guide for Oregon)
La ConstrucciÛn de Camas Elevadas (Building Raised Beds)
CÛmo Hacer y Usar el Compost (Composting)
La Poda (Pruning)
Plantas Sanas para una Cosecha Mejor (Healthy Plants for a Better Harvest)
Los Cultivos de Cobertura: Una Manera F·cil de Mejorar el Suelo (Cover Crops: An Easy Way to Improve Your Soil)

Others

Center for Ecoliteracy
Metro Regional Government
NW Service Academy Americorps
Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust
Your Backyard Farmer

 

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Gardening with Children

Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils
by Elizabeth Patten and Kathy Lyons


Garden Layout / Planning


Square Foot Gardening
by Mel Bartholomew

Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Bedsby Christorpher O Bird

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway

Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! by Patricia Lanza


Growing Vegetables


Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Natural Gardening
by Steve Solomon

How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine
by John Jeavons


Composting


Worms Eat My Garbage 2ND Edition
by Mary Appelhof

Let It Rot the Gardeners Guide To Compost 3RD Edition
by Stu Campbell


Chickens


ABC of Poultry Raising: A Complete Guide for the Beginner or Expert
by J. H. Florea

Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle by Gail Damerow (Editor), Darrell L. Salsbury & Heather Smith Thomas

Poultry House Construction (The Gold Cockerel Series) by Michael Roberts & Sara Roadnight

Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick Luttmann, Gail Luttmann

Keep Chickens! by Barbara Kilarski

Living With Chickens : Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock by Jay Rossier & Geoff Hansen