It may be that the natural soil occurring in your garden isn't the best option. There are a lot of reasons why using a loamy ...

How to Create the Ideal Soil Mixture for Your Plants The Spruce / Cori Sears Loam describes the ideal soil composition for most garden plants (although some plants require sandy, rocky, or clay soil).

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a ...

These soils act the way they do mostly because of the size of the particles that make them up. Sand particles are relatively large (by definition from 2- to 5-hundredths of a millimeter across).

If instead you scooped up gritty particles that didn’t clump together, you have the other extreme, a sand. Both extremes in soil have their advantages and shortcomings. These soils act the way ...

Not every gardener gets good dirt. In fact, the coveted sandy loam is uncommon in this area. Most of us get dirt with too much clay or too much sand -- and that creates a challenge when it comes ...

If it was around 50 percent sand and 50 percent clay, the middle of the left side would be highlighted. Scientists call soil made from all three components loam. If it has more clay than a good ...

The Punjab Agriculture Department has advised green gram (Moong) growers that sandy loam soil is good for the cultivation of the crop. A spokesman for the department said on Sunday that farmers ...