Monday, May 3, 2010

Gardening with Kids - Easy Soil Test Science Experiment

If you enjoy gardening with your kids, why not have them do a quick soil test? They can then help decide what types of vegetables or flowers would do well in your garden.

Collect a sample of soil from your vegetable or flower garden (about 2 cups will do). Divide the soil equally into 2 bowls.

Add 2 TBSPs of Baking Soda to one bowl of soil – If it bubbles, your soil is acidic.

Add 2 TBSPs of Vinegar to the other bowl of soil – If it bubbles, your soil is alkaline.

TIP:
If you can’t see the bubbling, put your ear close to the bowl and listen carefully!

1 comments:

muguet said...

Je n'ai jamais essayé ce truc, merci!