Creating a loamy soil takes time, but this guide will provide everything you need to know. Loam is a combination of sand, silt, and clay—the three sizes of soil particles from largest to smallest.

Loam soil: balanced parts of sand, silt, and clay for optimal growth. Lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers succeed with six to eight hours of sun daily. Plant a variety of crops in loam soil ...

By Bruce Spangenberg Soils are the foundation of gardens and landscapes, featuring characteristics that vary among locations ...

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 ...

Rhizomatous grass. Grows on a variety of soils and is moderately alkali tolerant. It prefers clay or clay loam soils. Stems and leaves are usually blue-green. The leaves are flat when green and rolled ...

Sandy soil is pale coloured and has large particles. These create lots of small air gaps. Water drains through them easily so it usually feels dry. Clay soil is usually sticky and has small particles.