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Expert: - 4/27/2007


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My husband and I are building outside the city on lakefront property.  Before we build we would like our land (soil) tested to make sure it is suitable for a foundation.  Can you advise us as to who does such work?  

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Betty
The only person that I could think of would be a building contracter. Anyone who has built in a area would know what kind of foundation to use. If you intend to plant a graden the county extension could test the soil to see what it might need to grow plants.
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Been farming in Southern Oregon at 4200 foot elevation for 35 years. Make my own decisions of what crops to plant, what and when to fertilizer, irrigation with sprinklers (hand line and wheelline). Maintain my equipment.

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