Soil Lab

In this lab, we visited community gardens. This is basically a garden that many people contribute to and can utilize the products of the garden. These gardens are fairly new, only 30-50 years ago there were houses that rested on the same property where these gardens are now. That being said, the levels of lead in the soil are potentially concerning.

The way we deciphered what type of soil it was, was by using a soil dichotomous key. We used sieves to sift through the soil, where finer particles such as clay would fall through the sieve and thicker particles would stay on top.