How to Use fertile soil in a Sentence

fertile soil

noun
  • Its culture is a fertile soil for these types of films.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Known as the cradle of French perfumery, the fertile soil of Grasse has grown the finest flowers and plants for perfumery for the last 300 years.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The region, which spans across several states in the South, was named for its black, fertile soil.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • We are known for our fertile soil in the Rio Grande Valley, which is rich for growing produce, pecans, and olive trees.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • Choose a spot with warm, fertile soil that has plenty of space for the vines to stretch to roughly 48 inches high and 36 inches wide.
    Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The fast-growing vine does best in zones 7-9, with fertile soil, full sunlight, and a trellis or some kind of support.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Phlox enjoy a moderately fertile soil with a pH in the 6s.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Most of all, visitors heard the personal stories of people who staked a claim in the valley’s fertile soil.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • Outside, plant the two-foot-tall perennial near the border’s front in well-draining, lowly fertile soil.
    Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Just one mile away from the sea of Cortez and San Jose del Cabo’s estuary, the farm’s fertile soil yields seasonal crops served in the rustic open-air restaurant adjacent to the fields.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • In Dovhenke, a farming village in the east, residents said shelling and debris have made their once fertile soil barren on the village’s outskirts.
    Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The reason why rain can have such an impact in an area like Black Rock City is because of its ground: the desert’s clay cannot absorb the water as quickly as loam, or more fertile soil.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It is known for having some of the most fertile soil in the world, sustaining cotton, soybean and corn crops that for generations have been distributed around the world.
    Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • Soil and Water Coleus likes moist, fertile soil and does best in loamy conditions with an ample layer of compost or well-aged manure worked into the soil.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2024
  • Los Angeles, a hub for New Age thought, is uniquely fertile soil for the recent lunar renaissance.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The annual flooding brought silt and fertile soil to parts of the desert, an essential and life-sustaining tradition the Egyptians counted on every year.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 July 2024
  • Do note that for copious blooms, a fertile soil and adequate water are essential.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024
  • Select a planting location in full sun with fertile soil high in organic matter.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Here fertile soil and cooler winter temperatures allow green vegetation and flowery blossoms to burst to life – if the rains come just right.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Attempts to use classical music as a weapon of deterrence have been traced back to at least the 1980s, but it should be said that these ideas had fertile soil in which to take root thanks to deeper links in the histories of music and social control.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • While tending to the fertile soil, Taurus remains dedicated to nurturing its seeds of potential and with a deep reverence for the natural rhythms of life.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Historic methods of preservation combine with global spices and fresh ingredients sourced from the fertile soil and long growing season to create menus that are uniquely Åland.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • At the turn of the century, the United Kingdom was not exactly fertile soil for female scientists and mathematicians.
    Elaine Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Africa is a continent rich in natural resources, including fertile soil and abundant water sources.
    Daniel Danino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Microbes carve subterranean caverns and transform barren rock into fertile soil.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Some people will be quick to dismiss the posts as the rants of a mentally ill individual – that blend of anger homing in on a specific target, magnified and supercharged on social media, does find fertile soil in disturbed minds.
    Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Climate models long warned of this grim scenario — rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns and protracted droughts conspiring to strip the fertile soil of its protective vegetation cover.
    Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
  • Its normalization at home creates fertile soil for domestic political violence, as evidenced most dramatically in the January 6 insurrection and as seen in an increase in right-wing domestic terrorism.
    Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023

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