The word “loam” has long confused gardeners, myself included. In rural areas I have often heard it used as a synonym for topsoil, sometimes pronounced “loom,” as in “I can bring you a truckload of ...

Not every gardener gets good dirt. In fact, the coveted sandy loam is uncommon in this area. Most of us get dirt with too much clay or too much sand -- and that creates a challenge when it comes to ...

Over millions of years, wind and water gradually weather rocks, breaking them down into smaller particles that help form soil. That silty sand in your yard may have once been part of a towering ...

Q: Awhile back a representative from the Southern Nevada Water Association said that he had heard that the typical soil type in the valley was a loam. The University of Arizona uses some landscape ...

Both extremes in soil have their advantages and shortcomings. These soils act the way they do mostly because of the size of the particles that make them up. Sand particles are relatively large (by ...

Q: I really want to grow potatoes but I get poor yields and they always come out small and weirdly shaped. I was thinking this was because the soil in my yard is clay, but I tried adding a couple bags ...

The word "loam" has long confused gardeners, myself included. In rural areas I have often heard it used as a synonym for topsoil, sometimes pronounced "loom," as in "I can bring you a truckload of ...