How To Use Soil In A Sentence

Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
Turn out the lot and the wellrotted stuff at the base can be put on unplanted soil. The Sun
Brigalow vegetation is found to the east, and gidgee (A. cambagei) woodlands or shrublands are scattered across the region on alluvium or other more fertile clay soils. Eastern Australia mulga shrublands
The result of such rack-rent can only be evil, abuse and neglect of the soil, deterioration in the character of the laborers, and a widespread sense of injustice. VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece.
The B horizon, commonly referred to as subsoil, accumulates material washed out of the A horizon, such as clay, salts, and iron. 5. How plants live and grow

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, a product in which the explosion-prone nitroglycerin is curbed by being absorbed in kieselguhr, a porous soil rich in shells of diatoms. Physiology or Medicine for 1998 - Press Release
Humus being highly colloidal, has the ability to adsorb and retain for future plant use many of the ions such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphates and ammonia which might be leached from the soil and lost in drainage.
The dominant ones were tree rings, and ice cores, but others like varves, pollen, lichens, historic soil temperatures, sea level (eustasy), land levels (isostasy) require similar audits. Merry Christmas « Climate Audit
The softer rock has been weathered away into soil.
The air smells like moist potting soil, the skin of potatoes… the damp chalk of limestone.
And some soil-based diseases not only cause physical symptoms, but create cognitive impairment too, crippling a child's long-term potential. Blake Mycoskie: Today, TOMS Asks You to Go 'One Day Without Shoes'
The poorer the soil and the older the lawn, the better will be the flower display, but most park lawns will contain self-heal, daisy, achillea, and cat's-ear.
To acidify soil, sprinkle two tablespoons of aluminum phosphate or sulfur around the shrubs in early fall.
There is also a small genus of orchids, called coralroots, that obtains the majority of its nutrition from a mycorrhizal association with soil fungi.
In mining for precious stones such as diamonds, a method for accurately filtering the gems you want from the surrounding rock and soil is worth its weight in gold.
As soon as the weather improves and the soil is fit for planting you can plant out your raspberries in their permanent position. The Sun
One major advantage of growing in containers is that you can keep plants free of common soilborne fungal diseases: verticillium and fusarium wilt.
In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher
A former president of the Soil Association, Helen has been actively involved in promoting the benefits of organic methods to the farming community.
My hair was matted and wild -- my limbs soiled with salt ooze; while at sea, I had thrown off those of my garments that encumbered me, and the rain drenched the thin summer-clothing I had retained -- my feet were bare, and the stunted reeds and broken shells made them bleed -- the while, I hurried to and fro, now looking earnestly on some distant rock which, islanded in the sands, bore for a moment a deceptive appearance -- now with flashing eyes reproaching the murderous ocean for its unutterable cruelty. III.9
We live in a world soiled by the grossness and wickedness and filth of sin.
Studies in the past showed that subsoiling clay soil in the spring does not improve cotton harvests.
Round them, as they gradually went down with the subsiding soil, calamites grew, at one level after another. History of the Conflict between Religion and Science
Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilised society, a prison. The Scarlet Letter
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
Radial pressures exerted by roots on the surrounding soil are also believed to be a critical feature in penetration of hard soils.
Most soils are dominated by quartz sand, and are acidic, xeric, and have a very limited nutrient supply; they are coarser, drier, less fertile, and less suited to agriculture than the mesic soils of Ecoregion 84d. Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)
Rather than giving to those countries in most need, O'Neill said, ‘We have an obligation to plant our resources where they will yield growth, rather than squandering precious seeds in unfertile soil.’
Each patrol day ends with uniforms soaked in sweat, and the soil of the deadland is powder under the hoofs of the patrol mounts, rising and infiltrating boots and uniforms, and leaving every lancer's skin dry and itchy from salt and sweat and dust. The Magi'i Of Cyador
It widely considered the president's attempt to save a sliver of his otherwise, rather soily international legacy. Archive 2008-11-01
Don't spurn organic fertilizers that are low in nutrients, because they're rich in organic matter that turns to valuable humus in the soil.
Consequently, they had to drop concrete piles 8 metres into the soil to provide a foundation.
Cotton chintz is firm and the finishing treatment helps shed stains and soil.
He spends all his time on the ranch in conserving the soil. CHAPTER XI
The size of the crop depends on the productivity of the soil.
Soil should contain a good mix of sand, clay, and humus.
Some crops such as corn are very heavy feeders so moving it from place to place prevents rapid depletion of the soil.
This run-off carries fertile matter from soils into the pond.
She shaped the space with graceful curves, amended the soil with compost, and installed drip irrigation.
At 500 metres high, the soil is stony. Food Watch
He planted the grains of rice in the soft, wet soil.
As water moves through soil and rock, it dissolves very small amounts of minerals and holds them in solution.
Preferring light shade and slightly damp soil, this evergreen form sends out new growth annually from the base of the plant.
The researchers studied how contaminants move through the vadose zone, which is the area between the soil surface and the groundwater zone. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- A bailer is the most commonly used tool in loose soils. Chapter 6
Now he aimed and fired, lying "doggo" behind his favourite stone, while bullets from the enemy's trenches flattened themselves upon it, or buried themselves harmlessly in the dry hot soil. The Dop Doctor
Mound soil into foot-tall beds, then lay drip tubing or soaker hoses down the center.
The soil and the landscape of the Isonzo region in Friuli especially bears these resemblances. WTN: Channing Daughters Winery 2004 L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay (The Hamptons)
If you want to add any amendments, such as compost or peat moss, work them into the soil.
Pasture fields were soil tested each year, and inventories were completed in the spring and summer for forage species, weeds, and bare ground percentage.
The following story is reprinted from Dakota Dirt, a newsletter published by South Dakota State University Soil Testing Lab.
Eluvium is the geological term for detritus from weathering rock (soil, dust and rock particles are broken down and redeposited by the wind).
The size of the crop depends on the productivity of the soil.
The plants should be grown in a sunny or partially shaded spot and prefer a fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Times, Sunday Times
Numbers of bacteria were measured using soil dilution plating on soil extract agar media.
Sometimes we throw our seeds to them, but our efforts seem hopeless since their soil is barren, empty and dead.
Soil conservation is intended to kurb erosion.
When seedlings suddenly bend at the soil line, it's often the work of a fungal disease called damping off.
They scratch the soil from beneath the flags, which then sink, and the consequent stench from the drains is abominable, jeopardising the health of the tenants. Boing Boing: November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006 Archives
Base Nutrient Depletion: Acidification of soils causes the removal of nutrients (a process known as leaching) from terrestrial ecosystems. Acid deposition fact sheet
Crop residue has a nutrient value and will catch snow, reduce evaporation, increase infiltration, and improve soil tilth.
Don't amend the soil with compost or other fertilizers unless your soil is so poor it won't even grow weeds.
This type of soil will permit good drainage while allowing sufficient water retention.
He was standing in the doorway, wearing a frown and a soiled T-shirt, his large belly protruding over his pants, held up by a pair of suspenders.
On the other hand, a vine with a small and/or unhealthy root system, be it due to shallow soil, drought, root pests such as phylloxera, or diseases such as armillaria root rot, will support only low-vigour growth.
These microbiologists, plant physiologists, soil scientists, and geobotanists shared an interest in pursuing experimental investigations of energy, matter, and life.
This may reflect the differences in soil moisture regimes between the east-facing and the west-facing plots.
Here, 12 orchid species are distributed including four mycotrophic orchids (dependent on soil fungi for nutrients).
It results from the reaction of phosphorus with iron and aluminum in acidic soils, and calcium in alkaline soils.
The mottling does not have the classic red and grey colours of gley soils, typically formed in waterlogged soils.
Choose a free-draining soil to prevent winter waterlogging. The Sun
Cut these off to the main stem, even if you have to dig away some soil to get to them.
Dock, foxtail, jimsonweed, johnsongrass, morning glory, wild nightshades and ragweed indicate a soil low in calcium and phosphorus.
Beneath them were the "unfree" _nativi_, sold or given with the soil. A Short History of Scotland
Another method of how to grow avocado plants is leave the pit in the sunlight until is begins to split and then potting it in soil partly exposed like an amaryllis bulb or sweet potato vine.
And our soldiers are degraded and insulted on their own soil.
They rotate their crops, thereby helping the soil to recover from centuries of monoculture under sugarcane.
Effective cleaning methods include presoaking and manual, ultrasonic, or washer/ decontaminator cleaning to remove soil and extraneous material.
In the dry state, granular soil particles can be easily separated and identified.
The volume of land that is being ploughed each year is getting greater, and the tree loss just that bit more, all conspiring to wash more soil into the river each winter.
The opening scene is an interview - about the wretchedness of conditions in the theatre, poking fun at the cumbersome bureaucracy which soils it.
If the blade is positioned too low, valuable topsoil may be removed from the site during the bulldozing.
Different soil compositions and geomorphic factors affect the distribution of wildlife and make room for other vegetative groups such as halophyte plants including Atriplex, Larrea divaricata, L. cuneifolia, Suaeda, and Tricomaria. Humid Pampas
Three types of soils, residual soils, kaolinite and bentonite, were used in the study.
I've bought 15 bags of bark, on special offer at the garden centre, to cover the soil and keep it maintenance-free.
Planting them in soil or compost that is well drained will help too. Times, Sunday Times
Clostridium (meaning spindle shaped bacterium) botulinum comes from the soil and makes spores (survival packages) that are very hard to destroy.
If land-filled, PLA is inert – it contains no harmful toxins that can leach into the soil. Noble Juice PLA Packaging
The one concession to modernity is a notice at the bottom of the page which says that items in bold print are organic and certified by the Soil Association.
The plant climbs by means of tendrils and is best grown in a composted soil supported by a fence or trellis.
Designers are considering enlarging and strengthening the concrete foundations, and anchoring them into Bay soils with steel pilings.
It spends most of its life buried deep in the soil in a shriveled, torpid state.
Don't soil your writing with flowery language.
It is widely recognized that agriculture, wherein crops can grow again and no serious effect is made on the soil or the land, is an appropriate usage of the right of usufruct.
Good gardening practice would be to leave a layer of leaf litter on the soil between shrubs and trees in garden beds.
Good drainage is essential so the soil should be well prepped. Globe and Mail
It had been roughly levelled and covered with a layer of topsoil.
A cultivator is also useful for working amendments such as compost or manure into the soil.
These soil mixtures should include sand, peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, and fir bark for adequate drainage.
Maize, millet, and sorghum push thorugh the soil with spikelike tips which aid emergence. Chapter 8
I get a lot of the soily root, almost too much "soft soil" effect for me to stomach, like a stem that's been sitting in water too long. Perfume Review: Lalique Encre Noir
Fertile soils and spontaneous vegetation, reeking with miasma and overpowering from their odour, we had exchanged for a drouthy wilderness of aloetic and cactaceous plants, where the kolquall and several thorn bushes grew paramount. How I Found Livingstone
After reading her comment, the only thing I would add is that properly-rotated cattle or bison eating grass actually *add* an inch of topsoil to the earth each year. A better way to die? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
The teenager won't put her soiled clothing in the laundry basket as requested; they don't get washed.
He'll also study the introduction and reintroduction of other plants on other types of soil.
If spots seem dried on, boil water in a glass cup a few minutes; steam should loosen soil.
Aeroponic plants require no arable land or soil, and only minimal water.
Woad robs the soil of nutrients, forcing medieval woad growers in Europe to move frequently in search of uncultivated land.
He is the soil that enables the flowers around him to grow and bloom. Times, Sunday Times
Giant foxtail and waterhemp often increases in population in no-till during the first several years, but effective control will eventually reduce the foxtail population, due to a lack of seed return to the soil surface.
On the stiff soil the trees were ironbark, box, apple, gum, and some large acacias, with long lanceolate phyllodia, and large spikes of golden coloured flowers. Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York
The soil can be anything from clay to sand or chalk. Times, Sunday Times
Scientists now suspect that the harsh atmosphere made the soil sterile.
In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
Every field had to be hoed for weeds three times, carefully hilling soil around each young stalk.
Roots begin to creep out from the bottom of the pot around drainage holes or they peek through the top soil.
Under an azure sky at Almondvale, horizontal trenches marked the areas where undersoil heating was being installed.
The rivers of the Park are lined with beaches of white sand and white nutrient-poor kaolinic hydromorphic soils during the dry season and flood over the surrounding forest during the wet season. Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil
If, for instance, you have alkaline soil you can dig a large hole, fill it with ericaceous compost and grow acid-loving plants such as azalea and foxgloves.
Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association and Britain's most famous crop trasher, who famously pulled up six-and-a-half acres of GM maize in 1999, says that £20m of taxpayers 'money has gone into GM crop research since 1997, despite the fact that not a single crop is grown in the UK. Just because GM is gaining popularity doesn't make it right
The soil is streaked with red. Times, Sunday Times
Flow velocity increases, and the increased energy detaches more soil particles and transports them in tiny channels called rills.
Where even the vinously literate search in vain for clues, getting down on their knees to turn over handfuls of soil or gazing down from the crest of the slope in utter bewilderment.
But while the soil was moist the plants would not be drawing groundwater.
When cleaning out the dead debris from flowerbeds, also prune any shrubs and push plants back into the soil that have heaved with the frosts.
Very sandy or heavy clay soils benefit from the addition of organic material.
There is more than 600 thousand ha Salina. It mostly in the west region and the soil basification is continuing enlarged.
The high rains supports forests of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) and tingle (E. brevistylis, E. jacksonii, and E. guilfoylei), shifting to jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) and marri (Eucalyptus calophylla) in areas with lower nutrient soils. Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands
I like to grow varieties of the Nantes type, which reach deep into the cultivated soil and strike a perfect balance between sweet and carroty, even as they reach maturity. Groundwork: Rooting to the last
Other fields and cottage gardens grow grapevines on overhead trellises, the soil beneath the arches being densely planted with cabbages and other vegetables.
Owned by descendants of the original lessees who took up the station - sight unseen - in 1877, the famous black soil downs carry more than 60,000 cattle.
It seems likely, therefore, not only that most of the nematodes will on analysis turn out to be hydrophilous, but also that in this highly organic but waterlogged soil, they may feed largely on decaying organic matter.
High beds need proper walls with concrete foundations because they have to withstand considerable pressure from the soil. Planning the Organic Herb Garden
Our topsoil is disappearing, the materials we use for fertilizer rising in price, and other nations are developing their own mechanized agriculture. Matthew Yglesias » Farm Blogging
The rich volcanic soil had once more encouraged the growth of a prosperous people, who had spread over vulnerable areas. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
Soils in this ecoregion are thicker than in those to the north and generally lack the arability of soils in adjacent ecoregions to the south. Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)
There was only so much our scientists could do with lunar rocks or soil samples.
From her eyes poured two black rivers, down her face, across her red lips and onto her thin soiled shirt. Une pantoufle - French Word-A-Day
They mix them with soil and distribute them with a device similar to a fertilizer spreader.
What if you don't want to give up space in the flower garden to grow fruit, or if your soil is too poor?
They grow in any moist but well-drained soil in a fairly sunny location. Times, Sunday Times
LIFT some parsnips and store in dry soil or peat under polythene ready for use when the soil is frozen. The Sun
The freezing and thawing action on clay, silty clay, and silty clay loam soils tilled in the fall or winter to produce stale seedbeds usually have excellent seedbeds for early no-till spring planting.
Plants grow well in fertile soil.
Major climate-related species distributions at the large scale include the limit of trees, which is associated with the isoline for mean July air temperatures of about 10 °C [3] (as discussed in [4]) and soil temperature of 7 °C [5], and the limit of woody plants such as dwarf shrubs that are one indicator of the boundary of the polar desert biome [6]. Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges
A green manure is a crop grown mainly to improve soil fertility.
Some crops can cope with slight, saline soils, but there is a limit to how much salt any of them can cope with. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
Academician of China Engineering Academy , Researcher, PhD Tutor, national expert with outstanding contribution soil engineering expert.
The wicking action of the soil draws water into the pot as the plants drink it up.
Barracks, tents and makeshift shelters sprang like undergrowth from the soil. Times, Sunday Times
He is collaborating with the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica to explore poorly understood endophytic fungi and uncultured soil microbes of Costa Rica.
It is mostly flat and sandy, with little fertile soil.
When it is spread close to a stream or on shallow soil over bedrock, what is the threat?
Plants grow in a wide variety of inhospitable substrates including stone, rock (epilithic), recently decomposed stony soils, or sandy soils. Campos Rupestres montane savanna
The new varieties of wheat are good growers even in poor soil.
When he completed his turn, he was met by a pillar of compact soil and rock that shot at him out of nowhere, sending him rolling through the dirt.
Symptoms of iron chlorosis, observed as yellow striping on corn leaves, may occur on highly calcareous or saline-sodic soils with pH levels above 7.8.
No wonder old Jocelyn had called her "wilding" -- she was indeed a "wilding" or weed, -- growing up unwanted in the garden of the world, destined to be pulled out of the soil where she had nourished and thrown contemptuously aside. Innocent : her fancy and his fact
Pathfinder_ and T.oreau; the scent of the soil, once again, in rain and in shine, is it not conveyed to us with an astonishing distinctness, that is the product of a literary endowment of the rarest order, by such writers as Izaak Walton and Robert Burns, and among recent writers in varying degrees by Richard Jefferies and by Barnes, by T. E. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825
Loggers have removed hundreds of tiny trees and left the litter in rough piles to nourish the soil and provide wildlife habitat.
In trying to link the acidity of rainfall to the acidity of soils and water it is essential to understand the role that soils play in releasing chemicals into solution as a result of natural weathering.
In this account we distinguish between chemical and physical soil attributes.
These soiled robes have been cleansed to spotlessness. The Sins of Brother Curtis
The bush grows well in a sandy soil.
In hummocky terrain, the wire is presently suspended above the soil surface over hollows.
If the bulbs are planted deeply it is possible to leave them undisturbed for two or three years although acid or neutral soil will have to be limed.
But if you have loose soil, consider using landscape timbers or another edging material to hold everything in place.
What happens is without the addition of organic matter, the soil in our gardens eventually become lifeless.
The effect of low levels of alloying additions on the soil corrosion of carbon steels is modest.
Winter sweet, Chimonanthus praecox, will grow quite happily on chalk or limestone soils and fill the garden with spicy winter fragrance.
The method used will vary with the soil texture and climate.
German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil.
The main alternative to the cattle cure of wastelands is hydroseeding, in which a machine sprays a mixture of seeds and fertilizer onto the barren soil.
The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action.
The message in this Note is that reported values of exchangeable calcium for calcareous or gypsiferous soils are usually incorrect.
Thoroughly disinfect and deodorize the soiled area.
The crime was committed on American soil.
In Chicago, O'Hare Airport features a soilless aeroponic garden springing up vertically from the mezzanine level of Terminal 3.
Transplant the seedlings into peaty soil.
But who shall do justice to the dinner, and describe the turkey, and chickens, and chicken pies, with all that endless variety of vegetables which the American soil and climate have contributed to the table, and which, without regard to the French doctrine of courses, were all piled together in jovial abundance upon the smoking board? Oldtown Folks
Now the cardoon is the European artichoke run wild and its character somewhat altered in a different soil and climate. Far Away and Long Ago
Nitrates are chemicals that occur naturally in water and the soil.
The soil-borne mycorrhizal fungi colonize the root cortex biotrophycally, then develop an external mycelium which is a bridge connecting the root with the surrounding soil microhabitats.
Yet rhodos have grown in the wilds of the world for thousands of years without chemical fertilizer, bloom booster, weevil killer, soil acidifier or any other manner of nasty toxin.
The bad news for his rivals, however, is that protest candidates have proved very effective at indelibly soiling whatever image the party is trying to convey at the moment.
It needs a sunny wall or fence and a neutral to alkaline soil, where it will become smothered in intense blue flowers. Times, Sunday Times
Even after the surface flood water has receded, the soil may remain saturated for some time.
Over a ton of weight was then lifted gingerly out of the soil by a crane.
Uncommercial use of cattle caused overstocking, soil erosion, and ‘desert’ conditions.
But this served only to stimulate the already keen energies of the Federal forces, who waded knee-deep through the clear Potomac, and trudged along over the 'sacred soil' with a willingness unchecked by the cold nor'wester that raged on that July morning. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
And for good reason there is even less hope among the civil societies that have sprouted in country after country, even in the seemingly least fertile of soils, that China will help Africa democratize, which is a key to the continent's future. Howard W. French: Obama and Africa: The Change We Have Been Waiting For?
Light seismic frames brace the existing concrete structure with minimal disruption of the original space or the soil below.
The UK has become increasingly reliant on imported food and its faith in the long-term surety of the global market is misplaced, according to research released by the Soil Association. FoodNavigator RSS
The hypothesis of this study was that variation in observed plant associations were correlated with variations in soil properties.
Bacteria and microbes in the soil and in the waste itself do a spectacular job of breaking down the waste.
Their familiar homeland of Norway has heavy clay soils ground up by glaciers.
Indians are breaking the soil into clods with picks.
Burning and disking appears to set back gallberry more than does burning alone, but disking probably does not kill gallberry except during periods of very low soil moisture.

How To Use Soil In A Sentence

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