Youth and Schools
Ecotrust Farm to School
Zenger Farm
SCRAP! The School and Community Reuse Action Project
Sunnyside Environmental School
The Edible School Yard
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
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
Why Compost?
Seattle Tilth Association
The Worm Woman! Mary Appelhoff
Modular Homeowners: How to Compost at Home
Lead Testing & Soil Testing
Growing Gardens coordinates a limited number of free soil tests for lead contamination for low-income households. Find out more here.
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
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 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
Nutrition
What does the color of fruits and vegetables tell you? An info-graphic created by school children.
