Soil testing
A chemical test tells you what nutrients are present. A biological test tells you whether anything is available to your plants — and what is missing from the system that would make it available.
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.
A full quantification of the organisms doing the work in your soil, measured against reference ranges for the crop you actually intend to grow.
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.
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If you have never had soil looked at biologically, start here. You get a clear 1–3 score for each group of organisms and a summary of what is working and what is not. It answers "is my soil alive?" without a stack of numbers.
$45
If you are making real decisions — a market garden, a restoration, a bed that keeps failing — you want the quantified version, with reference ranges for the specific crop you intend to grow and a conversation about what to do next.
$159
Order one test per unique area you want tested. Beds with different histories tell different stories.
Sample collection
Sampling technique changes results. If you would rather it be done properly the first time, we will come to you.
Rather not collect the sample yourself? We will come and take it properly.
Sample collection beyond Olympia, Lacey, Nisqually, and Tumwater.
Soil drench
Boost soil structure, water retention, and nutrient absorption. Liquid compost extract made from our own small-batch compost, applied to strengthen the microbial life already in your ground.
Ongoing service
For growers who need biology maintained rather than measured once. Scheduled applications and monitoring through the growing year.
Ongoing soil health support for the home garden.
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For serious growers running production beds and high tunnels.
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Scheduled soil drench applications across a working small farm through the season.
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Larger projects
A full written assessment of a growing area: water infiltration, soil porosity, compaction mapped by depth, biological analysis, plant health by refractometer, and a season plan for what to do about all of it. Suited to market gardens, restoration projects, and growers who need a documented baseline.
Drop it off, mail it in, or have us collect it. Questions first are welcome — call (360) 259-3637.