Soil

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What is soil?

Soil to most people is simply the stuff that plants grow in and they would be correct. However the truth is that is a little more complicated than that.
The main framework for soil is a combination in differing levels of clay sand and silt, produced by the erosion of rock over the centuries. This makes up about half the amount of the soil, the other half being made up of air, water, organic matter, living creatures and plant roots.

Where you have an ideal mixture of the main framework parts then the name given to this soil is called loam. Loam produces the best crops and if you have it in your garden then you a blessed.

Organic Matter

Where soils contain little or no organic matter the soil is said to be poor

Where there is plenty of arganic matter in the soil then the soil is said to be rich

Clay Soil or Heavy Soil

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Chalk Soil

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Sandy Soil or Light Soil

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Poor Soils

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Rich Soils

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