fertile soil
Ground that grows
Fertile soil is ground that is rich in nutrients and capable of supporting abundant plant growth.
The phrase appears constantly in agricultural contexts but also serves as a reliable metaphor for any environment conducive to development or flourishing: The economic crisis provided fertile soil for extremist movements.
Her curious mind was fertile soil for new ideas.
- loamFertile soil mixture
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- bread basketContainer for dinner rolls
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
nutrients · decomposition · crop yield · bumper crop · root system · organic matter · compost pile · topsoil · black gold · nitrogen fixation · friable · agriculture · alluvial · garden bed · crop rotation · fertilization · pH balance · seed germination
- temperate zonestemperate zones, temperate zone, midlatitudes, mild weather, moderate temperatures
- Black BeltAlabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- farm lifefarm, farmer, farmers, farming, barn
- farming termsfarmland, cropland, field, harvest, tillage
- Soiltopsoil, subsoil, dirt, loam, earth