About the soil. It`s sea clay. The best soil you can get for growings.
The properties of clay, It is difficult to work, the structure is special and it retains water very well. Potters know all about it. Sometimes it seems very dry but usually it is not too bad. When it is really dry it will become rock hard and it will shrink and crack. Water isn't the only problem, fresh water is. If not enough rain falls, the salty groundwater will become too high and all plants will die. Then irrigation is the only solution, but it is expensive.
I have a lot of clay in my garden soil and without enough water mine turns into concrete....poor little plants don't stand a chance unless I water regularly...........I dig compost in each year........it does help a bit. We have this year had such a wet winter I thought it would be OK......but no rain this April has turned it into 'baked earth'.....
Beautiful capture. There is a lot to learn from your commentary. The problem of salt water seeping into our fields does not exist here for two reasons;
1 fields are all above sea level
2 we irrigate continuously our fields with clear water during all the seasons because of the lack of rain. Our water, even drinking water, comes for reverse osmosis plants which purify sea water and make it drinkable.
Ian
1 fields are all above sea level
2 we irrigate continuously our fields with clear water during all the seasons because of the lack of rain. Our water, even drinking water, comes for reverse osmosis plants which purify sea water and make it drinkable.
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