Test Your Soil First — FarmPal
Do the jar test: fill a jar 1/3 with soil, add water, shake vigorously, let settle 24 hours. Sand settles in minutes, silt in hours, clay in days. Ideal earth building soil is roughly 70% sand, 30% clay. Too much clay = cracking. Too much sand = crumbling. Adjust with additions.
Do the jar test: fill a jar 1/3 with soil, add water, shake vigorously, let settle 24 hours. Sand settles in minutes, silt in hours, clay in days. Ideal earth building soil is roughly 70% sand, 30% clay. Too much clay = cracking. Too much sand = crumbling. Adjust with additions.