Before planting, skim off grass turfs with a spade and pile upside down in a corner to rot down to form loam. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
It's the top spit that puzzles us, and loam is the most important thing of all. From Wordnik.com. [Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden] Reference
The loam is the ordinary field soil from his market garden. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
Ash of the loam was a lady at home when Brut was an outlaw man. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"The prevailing soil type is what would be called a loam," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life,] Reference
Next in adaptation are what may be termed loam soils, also underlaid with clay. From Wordnik.com. [Clovers and How to Grow Them] Reference
"Under our feet we have the ground, the soil, gravel, sand, and loam, which is made of --". From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)] Reference
That dark-colored dirt is called loam, and it is the best kind of dirt to make things grow. From Wordnik.com. [The Doers] Reference
The soil is a rich sandy loam, that is easily cultivated and gives promise of great agricultural and horticultural possibilities. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
In early fall I get together a pile of fresh sod loam, that is, the top spit from a pasture field, but do not add any manure to it. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
The herbaceous kinds do best in a light, rich soil, such as loam and peat mixed with vegetable mould. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
"It's sandy loam, which is classified as prime U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference
In the highlands, carboniferous rocks produce a sandy loam which is responsible for the vast timber growth there. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Ridge Country] Reference
These silt loams contain an increased percentage of loam, which is relatively porous to water and air - http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/loam. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: The Open-ended 9/11 Questions: Part 2 of 3] Reference
The soil is heavy and fertile, typed as Poygan clay loam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Dunkirk silt loam, Ontario fine sand loam, and Ontario loam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Lifting it out of the loam, the rock feels pure in her hands. From Wordnik.com. [Something for you] Reference
Mine are about 30 feet above the lake and on somewhat heavier loam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Test with clay, gravel, and loam, also with mixtures of these and leaf-mould. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
His head was cradled against sweet loam and colorful flowers tickled his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox in the Garden] Reference
"A clay in Scotland," says Mr. Pusey, "would be a loam in the South of England.". From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Soil, composed of garden loam, sand, and well-rotted manure in equal proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The floor of those structures is, in some instances, formed of a black or red loam. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
Dunkirk loam, Dunkirk sandy loam, Dunkirk silt loam, Clyde sandy loam and clay loam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
The green and sandy loam of the river turned to an aqua, then washed out to white. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
The planters select a deep black loam or tenacious clay, or even loams mixed with sand. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
If the soil be dark the color of the leaf will be darker than if grown upon a light loam. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The cherry likes a deep, moderately rich loam, whereas we are growing it mostly on sandy loams of. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
It succeeds best in a deep rich loam in a climate ranging from forty to fifty degrees of latitude. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Their present location is at least 200 feet above lake level, and on very well drained sandy loam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
They grow well also on the upland sandy loam soils adapted to the growth of corn, oats, and wheat. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The land seemed much the same as ours, a rich black loam, but very much wetter, marshes everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
When roots have made some growth, transplant carefully into small flower-pots, using fairly rich, clay loam. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Small boxes or grape baskets full of rich sandy loam with an inch of gravel in the bottom for drainage may be used. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
There should be an inch of gravel in the bottom, some rotted sods covering this, and then the box filled with rich sandy loam. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
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