It is advisable to mix coarse grit into heavy soil to improve drainage.

建议将粗砂掺到黏重的土壤里，以提高排水性能。

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Organic material like compost or leaf mulch can help onions grow in heavy soil.

堆肥或护根物一类的有机肥料可以帮助洋葱在难耕的土壤生长。

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You ought to put potatoes in there, they will help to break up the heavy soil.

你应该在那里种土豆，它们有助于翻耕难耕作的土壤。

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Intensively used grasslands are also harmed as the soil is continually crushed under the weight of heavy animals.

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After heavy rainfall the soil became saturated, leading to more of the cliff falling away.

BBC: Landslip at St Mary's Church, Whitby

As much as 10 percent of China's farmland is believed to be polluted, and each year 12 million tons of grain are contaminated with heavy metals absorbed from the soil.

CNN: Economic miracle, environmental disaster

Critics of this kind of farming point to its limited social benefits, and to its ecological costs, which include soil erosion and the heavy use of chemicals.

ECONOMIST: Brazil