Foreword
THIS is not a textbook or a "complete" book of soils. It is simply a practical discussion of good garden soil-call it "Gardener's Loam"-how to get it, how to retain it and, of equal importance, how to make it produce maximum results for you and your plants.
I don't believe a truly complete book of soils will ever be written; the subject is too vast and complex. It would be no exaggeration to say that a hundred thick volumes would be needed to fully dis-cuss soils.
In preparing my previous book, "Your Lawn-How to Make It and Keep It," I gathered reams of research reports and up-to-date scientific data and distilled them into everyday terms and usable information. For this book the job was much tougher. There was an ocea
