soil test

Check out this great service for testing your soil.

Laundry to landscape

http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/laundry/

Art Ludwig's directions for greywater washing machine.

Life Lab compost ideas

Signs, and compost ideas from life lab

Ideas for school garden signs

These are photos of signage from life lab. They are fun and great for interpretation.

Some random garden photos

Tallest eggplant ever

Lauren and I took photos next to this eggplant in my backyard. It is a volunteer and is as tall as our apple tree! I guess all that zoo-doo put a little elephant into this bad boy. The plant is just starting to produce fruit now.

Root boxes

I first saw these when I was at Life Lab which is the educational garden program at UC Santa Cruz. This is a wood planter with a hinged wall that allows kids to see the roots of a growing plant. Here are instructions for making one.

http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/july04/root-view-box.pdf

really cool.