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  • Test your soil's drainage by digging a hole 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.

    Get the dirt on your soil 2010

  • Its unique quality is that it's the first blue or pink (which depends on the soil's pH) florist hydrangea that blooms on last year's bud set, and it will also set flower buds in spring and bloom on the current year's growth.

    Knowing when to prune is crucial for dependable flower blossoms Joel M. Lerner 2010

  • What's destroying our soil's ability to absorb water?

    Maria Rodale: Why All the Floods? Maria Rodale 2011

  • Compounding Monsanto's damage to the environment and climate, rampant Roundup use is literally killing the soil, destroying essential soil microorganisms, degrading the living soil's ability to capture and sequester CO2, and spreading deadly plant diseases.

    Ronnie Cummins: Monsanto Nation: Exposing Monsanto's Minions Ronnie Cummins 2011

  • It's about the soil -- the massive destruction of our soil's ability to absorb moisture, a soil genocide, really.

    Maria Rodale: Why All the Floods? Maria Rodale 2011

  • The dust and soil's like a crust on my hands and arms.

    Excerpt: Raven Summer by David Almond 2009

  • As McWilliams explains, farming practices that reduce or eliminate tillage, "preserve the soil's microbial nutrients, enhance local water quality, lessen fertilizer usage, increase biodiversity, limit agricultural sprawl and sequester more carbon, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

  • As McWilliams explains, farming practices that reduce or eliminate tillage, "preserve the soil's microbial nutrients, enhance local water quality, lessen fertilizer usage, increase biodiversity, limit agricultural sprawl and sequester more carbon, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

  • As McWilliams explains, farming practices that reduce or eliminate tillage, "preserve the soil's microbial nutrients, enhance local water quality, lessen fertilizer usage, increase biodiversity, limit agricultural sprawl and sequester more carbon, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

    Isabel Cowles: Just Food ... and a Few Hard Truths Isabel Cowles 2010

  • Because of the soil's condition, a roof requires its own structure — it wouldn't touch the stadium at all.

    U.S. Open Left in the Rain as Competitors Look for Cover Tom Perrotta 2011

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