Soil testing not just for Farmers

               I helped out a fun and great lady in our community with her yard. She found out that we as agents have to write success stories every year and she wrote this letter for my success story.

               “To whom it may concern

               I want to tell you how after four years of being ripped off by several people who I trusted to help me get a beautiful lawn. I happened to see the bill board in the front of Livingston County Extension office saying free soil testing. Which I thought was only for farmers. I went in and asked if this was for anyone. I met with Adam Barnes who said he would come out and test my soil. Mind you I had spent about two thousand dollars over four years with different lawn experts. I bought two dump truck loads of what was supposed to be good top soil. Only to find out it was clay.

               Adam tested and we sat down with the report and he came up with a plan on what needed to be done. We did this in the fall of 2018. I am proud to say I no longer have a dirt yard with no grass. My yard is beautiful and I wish I had known four years prior about Adam.

               He still guides me on what I need to do to keep it beautiful. I am so proud we have someone like Adam Barnes to guide us city born gals.”