SS24-0462 Why Start with a Soil Test for Your Lawn and Garden?
Stillwater | This course is completed
As this gardening series continues, let’s talk dirt. Many people put money into sprays, seeds, and watering. But what if it’s a soil issue? How would you even know? It’s best to start with a soil test. Learn what that means, how does one test their soil, what it costs, how to read the results and what that indicates for your green thumb. Attendance at previous gardening classes is not necessary.
Sara Wallace
Sara Wallace is a gardener with degrees in horticulture and plant pathology. She works as a Plant Diagnostician helping people with their plant problems. Twenty-some years ago, she was a paramedic in her home state of Virginia. Her grandmother gave her a Park Seed catalog and encouraged her to grow plants, so she started with an herb garden outside the kitchen. She read library books, practiced on many plants and started a Community Supported Agriculture organization. When she moved to Tulsa, she bought fruit plants at the Tulsa Farmers Market and was encouraged to attend the Horticulture Industries Show, where she learned that all the “plant stuff” she was practicing had a name: Horticulture. She went back to school starting at Tulsa Community College, eventually moving to OSU to complete her horticulture degree. She teaches the plant disease portion of the Master Gardener training across the state and has berries and 40 fruit trees in her backyard in Stillwater.