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    Soil

    Read more on soil and its basis for all gardening.

    • Clay Soil: It shrinks and swells
    • Determining Heavy Metal and Lead Content in Your Soil
    • Fall Garden Soil Preparation
    • Mastering Soil Amendments
    • New Garden Soil
    • Soil Interface Effect
    • Soil pH and Nutrients
    • The Dirt on Soil: the Difference between topsoil and potting mix
    • Understanding Compost Tea
    • What Makes Good Soil
    Frequently asked questions:
      • Clay soil - Treatments for
      • Compost - Turning during winter
      • Sulfur - Application of to lower soil pH
      • Watering in late fall and winter

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    Do You Have Questions?

    Have questions? The Garden Hotline is staffed by trained EMG volunteers and Extension staff who will assist you with questions.

    Phone: (913) 715-7050

    • 4-H Youth Development
      • About/Join
        • Special Interest Clubs
        • Cloverbuds
        • Program Development Committee
      • Agent Articles
      • Alumni
      • Events and Programs
        • 4-H County Council
        • 4-H Foods Throwdown
        • Ambassadors
        • Camps
        • Club Day
        • Citizenship Washington Focus
        • Countywide Projects
        • Food Fare
        • Johnson County Fair
        • Kansas State Fair
        • Livestock
        • Mr. and Miss 4-H
        • Officer Training
      • Forms and Resources
        • Record Books
      • List of Clubs
      • Clover Clips
        • Archives
      • Projects
      • Leader Resources
        • Kit Check Out
      • School Enrichment Program
      • Volunteers
        • Opportunities
        • Volunteer Hours
    • Community Development
      • Agent Articles
      • Facilitation
      • Leadership Development
      • Starting a Small Business
    • Crops and Livestock
      • Ag Soil Testing
      • Agent Articles
      • Crops
      • Farm Management
      • Forage Testing
      • Livestock
      • Slice of Ag
    • Health, Food Safety & Nutrition
      • Food Preservation
        • Drying Herbs
        • Testing Dial Pressure Canner Gauges
      • Food Safety
      • Master Food Volunteers
        • Become an EMFV
        • Members Only
      • Newsletter Articles
        • Agent Articles
        • In Good Health Newsletter
      • Our Programs & Events
        • Adult Cooking Classes
        • Kids Cooking Classes
        • Dining with Diabetes
        • Four-Course Living
        • Dig your Dinner
        • Kitchen Restore
        • Walk Kansas
      • Recipes
    • Home and Family
      • Agent Articles
      • Clothing and Textiles
        • Sewing Classes
        • Stain Removal
      • Credit Reports
      • Family and Community Education
        • FCE Units
      • Financial Literacy
      • Human Development and Aging
      • Indoor Air Quality
        • Mold
        • Radon
      • Medicare
        • SHICK
      • Tax and VITA Information
        • Volunteer
    • Lawn and Garden
      • Agent Articles, Fact Sheets and More
      • Community Gardens
      • Demonstration Gardens
        • Backyard Garden
        • Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
        • Garden Gallery
        • Monet Garden
        • Shawnee Indian Mission
        • Shawnee Town
        • Wassmer Park Garden
        • West Flanders Garden
        • Wilderness Science Center
      • Extension Master Gardeners
        • Join Extension Master Gardeners (EMG)
        • Scholarships for Horticulture Students
        • Speakers Bureau
        • Members Only
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        • August
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        • October
        • November
        • December
      • Gardening Hotline
        • Gathering Samples
      • Special Events
        • Healthy Yards Expo
        • Public Garden Tour
        • Willie and the Salad Bonanza Contest
      • Healthy Yards and Native Gardens
        • Healthy Yards and Environment
        • Native Garden Resources
      • Soil Testing and Composting
        • Soil Testing
        • Composting
    • Natural Resources
      • Agent Articles
      • Extension Master Naturalists
        • Becoming a Master Naturalists
        • Bluebird Stewardship
        • Junior EMN
        • Land Stewardship
        • Water Quality
        • Nature Trails
        • Our Partners
        • Pollinator Prairie
        • Speakers Bureau
      • Native Plants
      • Nuisance Wildlife
      • Home Insect Control
      • Forestry
      • Pond Management
        • Aquatic Weeds and Algae
        • Farm Ponds
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Home Association Ponds
        • Water Testing
    • Silver Clovers
      • Design a Flowerpot
      • How to Dispose of Old Medication

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