21.   Often they eat nothing but the orach plant, a bitter spinachlike weed that grows in the infertile, salty clay soil.

22.   Often, clay soil needs lime.

23.   Rocky clay loam soils in two Sonoma County locations have produced wines of different stripes.

24.   Some plants struggle in the dry, clay soil, an obvious mismatch for the conditions.

25.   So if you have clay soil, grow lavender in raised beds, with plenty of organic matter.

26.   The clay soil inside the beds I emended with compost, perlite and coarse sand until it had the tilth of a good potting mix.

27.   The clay soil was packed around his upright body and created a vacuum that made extricating his body difficult.

28.   The culprit is probably poor drainage or clay soil, both of which can lead to rot.

29.   The poor drainage for the clay soil that plagues most of noncoastal New England is a major cause of plant deaths in winter.

30.   They are also tolerant of heavy clay soil.