1.   And after two years of drought, the soil surrounding Valencianita seems poised to give up and blow away.

2.   If the soil seems too moist, cut back on watering.

3.   These days, the feeble soil seems to demand ever more work to yield ever less profit.

4.   Tupelo is a trade center in northeast Mississippi, where the soil seems to nurture religious sects that frown on many earthly pleasures.