silt, and sand particles. The relative amounts of these materials are what we use to describe the texture of a soil or soil type. The best way to learn about your soil is to collect a sample for ...

to determine your soil type based on the calculated percentages of sand, silt, and clay. Knowing your soil texture helps you understand how your garden soil behaves. For example, sandy soil drains ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...