The coarse organic matter in garden soil improves the water-holding capacity of sandy soils and loosens the texture of heavy ...

Fine textured soils (clays, sandy clays and silty ... facilitate rapid drainage of soil by increasing macroporosity. In contrast, weak structure or coarse-sized structural units (prismatic or ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...