loam
Fertile ground mix
Loam is soil with a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay—ideal for gardening and agriculture because it retains moisture while draining well.
The tomatoes thrived in the rich loam.
Loamy soil is dark, crumbly, and fertile, the stuff gardeners prize.
Decayed organic soil matter
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- sandFine rock particles
compost · manure · alluvium · loess · peat · terroir · arable · tillage
Readily reduced to fragments
- crumblyProne to fragmenting
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- aggregateCombined sum total
aeration · granular · workable · moist · soft · dense · compaction · clumpy
Gathering mature crops
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- growthIncrease in size
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
flourish · bountiful · cultivation · germination · verdant · fecundity · prolific · regeneration
Sun-dried clay bricks
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- mudbrickUnfire-dried clay block
- earthenMade of clay
- plasterWall-coating paste
daub · bricks · walls · huts · vernacular · sustainable · insulation · thermal
humus
Decayed organic soil matter
sand · compost · manure · alluvium · loess · peat · terroir · arable · tillage · substrate
friable
Readily reduced to fragments
- crumblyProne to fragmenting
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
aggregate · aeration · granular · workable · moist · soft · dense · compaction · clumpy · silty
harvest
Gathering mature crops
nourishment · flourish · bountiful · cultivation · germination · verdant · fecundity · prolific · regeneration · fertile
adobe
Sun-dried clay bricks
plaster · daub · bricks · walls · huts · vernacular · sustainable · insulation · thermal · render
brown
Dark earth tone
tan · chestnut · coffee · chocolate · mahogany · sepia · earthy · russet · amber · khaki
- Soil Amendmentscompost, manure, peat moss, lime, gypsum
- soil conservationerosion control, cover crops, terracing, strip cropping, conservation tillage
- soil typessandy soil, rocky soil, silt, peat, topsoil
- soil sciencesoil, topsoil, subsoil, sand, silt
- geotechnicssoil, soil type, soil classification, soil structure, subsurface
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- sandy loamGritty, well-draining earth
- loamy soilBalanced, fertile earth mixture
- clay loamSoil with balanced texture
- rich loam