Test
Bring a sample. See what is actually alive in your soil — under a microscope, measured against what your plants need.
Book a soil check →Olympia, Washington
Your soil is alive.
Understand it.
A chemical test tells you what is sitting there. We look through a microscope at the organisms doing the work — and show you what to do about it.
Health checks from $45 · Full biological analysis $159
Start where you are
Test it. Feed it. Learn it.
Most people arrive with one tired garden bed and a question. Any of these three is a fine place to begin.
Feed
Living compost and biologically beneficial soil drench, made in small batches here in Olympia. Not bagged dirt.
See the compost →
Learn
Workshops, demonstrations, and a community of people building soil together instead of guessing alone.
Join the community →Dirt versus soil
Dirt grows tired.
Living soil grows life.
Bagged dirt and dump-truck fill are mostly mineral. They hold water badly, they compact, and they need feeding forever. Living soil holds itself together — bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes cycling nutrients into your plants without you buying them by the bottle.
- Nematodes Grazers that unlock nitrogen
- Fungi Structure and long-term carbon
- Protozoa Release plant-available nutrients
- Roots Feeding the whole system sugars
Soil testing
Know your soil. Grow your best.
Microorganism Health Check
$45
Curious who is in your soil? A comparative soil health score from 1–3 — incomplete, needs improvement, or excellent — for each major group in your soil food web.
DetailsBiological Soil Analysis
$159
A full quantification of the organisms doing the work in your soil, measured against reference ranges for the crop you actually intend to grow.
DetailsMixed Media Comparison
$15 · add-on
Add a side-by-side comparison of your sample against a healthy reference food web. The fastest way to see what your soil is missing.
DetailsThe community
You should not have to figure this out alone.
Turning waste into soil, soil into food, and food into community. Members get the newsletter, seasonal guidance, and the workshops where we build piles together and look at what is living in them.
Start here
Seed
$60 / year
about $5 a month
- Community newsletter
- Seasonal educational resources
- Member pricing on workshops
- Invitations to community gatherings
Seasonal soil notes
What to do in the garden this month, what is happening in the piles, and what turned up under the microscope. Free, roughly monthly.
Bring a sample.
You do not need to know anything about soil biology to start. Bring what you have, and we will look at it together.