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What is Soil?

How many of you live on a farm?

Why is it important to live on good soil?

What are the three main types of soil?

Sandy

Loam

Clay

What do the colors mean

on the map?

Yellow/Orange- Sandy Soil

Pink/Green- Loamy Soil

Blue- Clay Soil

Purple- Loam and Sandy Soil

Clay

Where can you find Clay???

In the Mountains

You can make pots, pottery and chalk

Not much drainage!!

What Grows in Clay Soil?

  • Cabbage
  • Broccoli
  • Carrots
  • Parsnips
  • SWEET POTATOES

What Grows in Loamy Soil?

  • Tomatoes
  • Apples
  • Pears
  • Cherries
  • SPIDER PLANTS

Loam

  • Found on farms
  • A mixture between Clay, Silt, and Sand
  • Feels silky and smooth
  • Perfect amount of drainage for plants

What Grows in Sandy Soil?

  • Lettuce
  • Turnips
  • Strawberries
  • Collard Greens
  • TOBACCO!!!

Sandy Soil

  • Water tends to run right through sandy soil.
  • Sand consists of tiny bits of rocks
  • Bad for planting!!
  • Sand absorbs heat quickly (think about walking on a beach in the summer).
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