In 2008 TransCanada announced plans for its Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands crude oil across the state's fertile Sand Hills region and over the Ogallala Aquifer, a vital source of fresh water for irrigation.
The "unique and ideal" terroir at the 26-acre, Nutbourne Vineyards, near Pulborough in West Sussex, with a warm microclimate protected by the South Downs, gentle, south-facing slopes "and the same, fertile, green-sand soil as Champagne in France", was credited for the Nutbourne Sussex Reserve 2013 scooping the top spot in its category.
Why are you putting poison in the soil, making it less fertile, turning it into sand?
Light, well-drained soils occur on the fluvio-glacial and raised-beach sands, and fertile riverine clays surround the Montrose Basin.
The valleys and coastal plains are covered with deposits of sand, clay, and fertile alluvium.
Tick presence was positively associated with deciduous, dry/mesic and dry forests, fertile soils such as alfisols, sand and loamy/sand soil texture, and sedimentary bedrock.
Or in a futsal court: the indoor version of the game is a much more fertile breeding ground than the sands.
And they plow their fields six times instead of three, an extra week of hard labor, to bury the sand and pebbles under fertile earth.
The current peninsula was surrounded by a fertile coastal plain, with marshes and sand dunes supporting an abundant variety of animals and plants.
