Planting to Harvest
; need bags of soil
Watership Down - Blueberry's Tale, Chapter 19
He saw the dog chasing another rabbit before killing it and vanished back down the hole again, pressing his body against the soil wall shaking in fear.
A Taste of the Wild
"they... this place is just called redhills because the soil is coloured red." jarzyl nodded happily. "yes. the soil is red because of all the spilt blood from the attack and the slaughter, so many centuries or millennia ago."
None So Vile: Epilogue
Alabaster, former mystic, necromancer, and father of blasphemy incarnate was on his knees in the dirt, digging at the soil with a trowel.
Creation Story from The Song of Hannari
And the great truth grew vast and fecund, and its fecundity abounded that it would be as good soil. and from the great truth thus sprang the oak of hannari, the tree of ages as a gilt sapling.
City Sector Uplift part 7
From the metallic soils of grendium," atlas said. "exactly. apparently this tree needs a special kind of fertilizer and soil, different from all the other trees and plants in this park. a tree that eats metal--isn't that fascinating?"
Loveless Incantation: Chapter 6
They work together in perfect unison, tilling, planting, covering, and watering the soil. it seems my experiment was a success, and the seeds can grow in their soil.
Keeper of the Forest
And beneath him the great, thick roots plunged into the earth, tunneling through soil as they enlarged their foundation.
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 25
All that acidity can't be good for the soil." "markus! your daughter is ill!" "then what are you doing standing around here for? go check on her, woman!"
Loveless Incantation: Chapter 25
Claiming we are collecting soil for a secondary stronghold is plausible enough. the clans will help, whether they understand the full truth or not." “what about the rest of us?" bane asks, his tone measured. “i'm not exactly capable of lifting soil."
Shadow Gazer
Shadow gazer, by using the magic his horn provided and enough soil to grow a plant could see the future.
Cherubi's Story - Chapter Four
That left the poor plant stuck in drenched soil all night, which only got worse as dew collected and fell to the soil. too much of that would cause fungus or other icky things to grow in among the roots.