loamy

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Loamy soil — our hero — holds moisture longer than sand but is still permeable enough for water to sink deep into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Come and kick my legs, young ’un; there’s no one near but Loamy, and he can’t hurt.”

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines

Loamy soil planted continuously soon becomes compact, heavy, and lifeless.

From The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. by Compton, D. A.

Loamy soil, where sand and clay are about equally mixed.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)

Loams or Loamy Soils, consist of mixtures of the sands, silt and clay with some organic matter.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon