Arlyn,
you are probably right. I just keep thinking that maybe the best soil test is to look at the plants themselves(as if I'd know if they were not getting what they need). I have quite a few different beds, it's not like I am growing in one large field with the same soil. Some of my beds are quite sandy, one has a decent amount of clay, one area is extremely boggy and has just been transformed from a Creeping Charlie covered area to what is trying to become a raised bed (it just keeps sinking in the muck). My "vegetable garden area" is probably my best soil, two of my perennial beds are a sandy clay mixture. The point I am trying to express is that I am not sure a soil test would be of much use, and I can't afford all the different test for each bed. Ok, maybe I am just too cheap to pay for a $45.00 soil test, when I think it may be of dubious value.
I found this soil test information on line, it is one of the best soil test information sites I have seen.
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcom...
