Homiletical Idea: The God who has the power to fry you is incredibly good! Exegetical Idea: Abraham put obedience to God first even though he faced the prospect of sacrificing his son Isaac. Theological Idea: Faithful worshipers of God will put obedience to God first even when there is great cost involved.
How to Create Loam. Although loam is a combination of sand, silt and clay, adding sand to your clay soil, or vice versa, will not create loam. Doing so will result in something like cement. Creating a loose, loamy, fertile soil is an ongoing process that involves working organic matter into the soil, every year.
For example, a sandy loam is a soil that has a mix of particle sizesbut that is dominant in sand. Likewise, clay loam has a mix of particlesizes, but has more clay than a loam textured soil. Figure A3â2 showsthe importance of texture in a sandy soil. â See Chapter D2 for moreinformation on testing soiltexture.