Before you dig a garden, it's important to figure out what type of soil you have and then select plants (and amend your soil) accordingly.

Loam soil is a balanced mixture of sand, silt and clay, ideal for growing garden plants. Loam’s mineral content and the way the three sizes of particles work together combine to make it ...

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

Sufficiently dry conditions must exist in the deflation area for sand to saltate and impact the surface so silt and clay particles can be ejected into the wind. Wind cannot entrain mineral ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...