Check out Extension Iron County Horticulture Educator, Bruce Spangenberg’s weekly column, Northwoods Yard & Garden HERE!

The Northwoods Yard & Garden Column will include a variety of horticulture related topics on a weekly basis, and we encourage anyone wanting to learn more to tune in.

Soil Samples

Extension Iron County office is no longer handling diagnostic resources (soil samples, insect and plant diagnostics).

For soil samples, please visit the UW Soil and Forage Lab for information about and instructions for sampling soil for soil testing. The links below are found on their website but listed here for your convenience. 

Submission Form
Instructions
General Information

The University of Wisconsin Soils Lab is located in Madison. You can reach them at (608) 262-4364 or soil-lab@mailplus.wisc.edu  to request the testing kit, which includes sampling instructions, the form you need to submit and bags for mailing the samples.

Additional horticulture resources can be found at the Wisconsin Horticulture Program website or you can use the quick links below:

• UW – Wisconsin Horticulture
• UW – Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab
• UW – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic
• UW – Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
• UW – The Wisconsin Gardener – Public TV
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• University of Connecticut Plant Database
• Ohio State University Plant Dictionary
• USDA Plants Database
• Weed Science Society of America

Do you plan on exhibiting vegetables, herbs and fruits in the Iron County Fair? Be sure to check out our Extension Iron County exhibitor guide below:

Selecting & Preparing Vegetables, Herbs, & Fruit Exhibits at the Iron County Fair.pdf

Visit the UW-Madison Extension Horticulture educational video library HERE!

Agriculture related resources can be found at the Extension Institute of Agriculture website, you can use the quick links below:

• Crops and Soils
• Dairy
• Farm Management
• Livestock
• Discovery Farms
  

Visit the Master Gardener website here!

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