We'll also teach you how to amend the soil you have so you can grow the plants you want. Depending on where you live, you're ...

The mineral component of soil is made up of clay, silt, and sand particles. The relative amounts of these materials are what we use to describe the texture of a soil or soil type. The best way to ...

Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic matter. Both the clay and organic matter particles have a net negative charge. Thus, these negatively-charged soil particles will ...

It does not form distinct shapes like clay when wet, but it can be rolled into sausage-like strips. Silty soils can be badly drained but are not prone to waterlogging. Peaty soil - the fens of ...

Downwind vegetation traps some of the entrained silt and clay as dust coatings on leaves, stems, trunks, and the soil surface. Trapping is especially effective when the vegetation is moist with ...