Subscribe today! What makes good soil? The best garden consists of a rich sandy loam filled with organic matter. Soil is a mix of sand, clay and loam. Unfortunately for many of us in the CSRA, our ...

What makes good soil and what does “good” mean? Most of us would likely answer that good soil is full of readily available nutrients for our vegetables and flowers to uptake and robustly grow. There ...

Good garden soil contains 30% to 50% sand, 30% to 50% silt, 20% to 30% clay and 5% to 10% organic water. The bacteria, fungi and worms in the soil produce substances that act like glue, binding all ...