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the perfect compromise between sand's freedom and clay's clinginess, beloved by every gardener alive
ideal mixroughly 40% sand, 40% silt, 20% clay
earthy smellthat rain-soil scent comes from soil microbe geosmin
feel testsqueeze it; loam holds shape then crumbles
crop championholds water yet drains, feeding roots both ways
loess kinwind-blown loam built Earth's most fertile farmlands