Loam soil is often mentioned as best for plants. But what is loam soil exactly? Growing healthy plants starts with great soil, and loamy earth is about as good as it gets. But what is loam soil ...

Kate Turner, Gardening Guru for Miracle-Gro, explains, ‘Topsoil is a loam-based material (loam is ... compost is still no substitute for aerating your lawn or properly dealing with lawn drainage ...

Maintaining attractive green grass doesn't have to mean hard ... one part leaf-mould or coir, two parts loam and four parts sand. For a medium soil the ratio is 1:4:2 and a sandy soil, 2:4:1.