I recently got a question from a reader about where to get good soil and compost. Part of her request was for “organic” soil ...

Identifying Sandy Soil Check your soil to see how it ... Identifying Silty Soil Verify your soil type with Clements' squeeze test. "Very fine soil particles with a soapy, almost water-repelling ...

Fine textured soils (clays, sandy clays and silty clays) have moderate PAW because their pore size distribution consists mainly of micropores. Loamy textured soils (loams, sandy loams, silt loams ...

Adding organic materials improves the ability of sandy soils to hold nutrients and water. For clay soil, organic additions improve drainage and aeration and help the soil dry out and warm up more ...

Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has large particles. These create lots of small air gaps. Water drains through them easily ...