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Gardening with Chris                  week     4

Soil samples... 

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Today at the garden we of course took care of our plants and weeded our beds. However since soil is a very big part of our garden; the biggest part some might argue. We took soil sample from our own garden beds to text out their SAND:SILT:CLAY ratios. 

After we collected or soil we place spread the out in the tree house in an effort to dry them. After doing so, we put the soil samples into small clear major jars with a soap and water solution to separate the soil. After shaking and letting the jar set over night, we observed as the layers separated and how the sand has a major part and over took the other two components leading us to discover that our soil is a sandy clay foamy mixture, according to our soil pyramid. 

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