Soil texture is determined by the mixture of the mineral contents: sand, silt, and clay. You can determine your garden soil ...

It seems that gardeners brag about their flowers, their big tomatoes and their beautiful trees but one of the things they don’t seem to brag about is their dirt. Good dirt should be the envy ...

Since a soil's CEC comes from the clay and organic matter present, it can be estimated from soil texture and color. Table 1 lists some soil groups based on color and texture, representative soil ...

I’ve lived and gardened in a lot of places, from Florida’s thin, chalky-limestone ground to Utah’s iconic red-clay earth. In that time, I’ve learned one hard lesson: Unless you want to ...

Loamy soil - often seen as the ultimate garden soil because most plants will grow in it, this is brown and crumbly in texture and similar ... of hard chalk or flint Clay soil - this is sticky ...