Clay soil is heavy and nutrient-dense, with excellent water retention. It is great for lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage. It becomes compacted when wet and cracks in the sun. Loamy soil is a versatile ...

Water will percolate better through soils with more sand or gravel than through soils with high clay content. You can estimate the percentage of the mineral components of your soil (sand, silt, and ...

Leaves can transform poor soil as they decompose into humus. Humus increases the soil's CEC allowing it to retain fertilizer ...

Now that kids understand that soil under the ground is a living landscape of sand, clay, plants, and crawling critters, inspire them to protect it. Here are some ideas: • Have kids help prevent ...

Norwegian scientist Kristian Morten Olesen has patented a process to mix nano-particles of clay with water and bind them to sand particles to condition desert soil - he has been working on Liquid ...

In this article, we’ll explore different soil types and their impact on building stability, the geotechnical processes ...

Ask your children to consider why this might be? Many soils are a combination of sand, clay, chalk and may have silt or peat or lime within it. Each soil type, has a set of characteristics that ...