Local Soil - Gathering & Determining Reported Composition
I get a special joy out of making things from seemingly nothing and at the lowest possible cost, so while it's a risk I'll be gathering most of my soil components as opposed to buying them. But this brings some fun into it! I checked soil composition in local areas I am free to dig up using the USDA soil composition website. It's a bit difficult to figure out, but I managed by playing around with it. First you'll need to determine your area of interest. USDA website AOI selection tools Map out your area using the AOI tool that works best for you. You may get an error message, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I zoomed pretty far in on mine, so this is a sample of a different area rather than publish my dad's location 😉 Once you click on soil map, it should look something like this: Soil Map data page Now this is one that's quite complicated, isn't it? How do you know the composition of AkA (Alvada loam) vs AmA (alvada silty clay loam) and so on?...
