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 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
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 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 Corvallis OR 97333
A&L Wester Laboratories
10220 SW Nimbus Ave. Portland , OR 97223
Phone: (503) 968-9225
KUO Testing Labs
337 S. 1st Avenue
Othello WA
1-800-328-0112
1-509-488-0112
1-509-488-0118 (Fax)
1-509-488-6865 (Fax)
Email: kuotest@atnet.net
Mukang Labs
2526 East Saint Helens Street , Pasco , WA 99301
Tel. 509-544-2159
Fax 509-547-4605
services@mukanglabs.com; www.mukanglabs.com
$18 lead testing
Kinsey Agricultural Services, Inc.
Great soil analysis using the Albrecht method.
297 County Highway
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
Buy Great Books AND Support Growing Gardens! Any of the books you purchase through the links below will generate funds for Growing Gardens thanks to the generous folks at Powells Books!
Click on the Title for a Book Description and to Link to Powells.com Gardening with Children Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils by Elizabeth Patten and Kathy LyonsGarden Layout / Planning Square Foot Gardening by Mel BartholomewCubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds by Christorpher O BirdGaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby HemenwayLasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! by Patricia LanzaGrowing Vegetables Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Natural Gardening by Steve SolomonHow to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine Composting Worms Eat My Garbage 2ND Edition by Mary AppelhofLet It Rot the Gardeners Guide To Compost 3RD Edition Chickens ABC of Poultry Raising: A Complete Guide for the Beginner or Expert by J. H. FloreaBarnyard 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 ThomasPoultry 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 KilarskiLiving With Chickens : Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock by Jay Rossier & Geoff Hansen
