Creating a loamy soil takes time, but this guide will provide everything you need to know. Loam is a combination of sand, silt, and clay—the three sizes of soil particles from largest to smallest.

By Bruce Spangenberg Soils are the foundation of gardens and landscapes, featuring characteristics that vary among locations ...

They also need good drainage to avoid becoming waterlogged. Loam or silt-based soils are ideal, providing the right mix of drainage and nutrients. Clay soils also provide excellent nutrition for ...

they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil called loam. It gave Iowa one of the most fertile soils on the ...