Sentence examples for baked soil from inspiring English sources

That way, water from the occasional thunderstorms that would otherwise wash right off baked soil can be contained and used judiciously in the garden.

This involves ploughing much deeper than normal to break a "hard pan" of baked soil that lies below the surface, which helps the ground absorb rain and creates furrows in which rainwater is more easily collected.

This year her maize ears have been stolen by monkeys, and only withered stalks are left curling in the baked soil.

Crops were browned in the hard-baked soil, and fruit was almost cooked on the trees.

No beanstalks peek out from the camp's sun-baked soil, and I ask where they grow their food.

The only grape that sherry-makers here use and that grows well in the dusty, sun-baked soil of Andalusia is the palomino, a small, lightly colored variety.

He was buried in the sun-baked soil of San José, the only astronomer to have seen both 18th-century transits from start to finish.

But up close you can see the drought-baked soil and intensive irrigation, and can often smell the chemicals and pesticides.

Scientists working with the university collected samples of oranges, and also lemons, limes, pomelos, mandarins, and their botanical cousins, to see what would thrive in Southern California's sun-baked soil.

Yet despite withered crops, sun-baked soil and damage from wildfires, some think that farming is in the midst of another golden age, thanks to booming commodity markets and record prices for farmland.In recent years strong global demand for food and biofuels has been pushing crop prices higher.

PARIS — Suffering from a record-shattering drought, European nations started preparing emergency plans this week to conserve water and provide millions of euros in aid to farmers, including the deployment of soldiers to deliver hay for cattle grazing on sun-baked soil.