Sentences with phrase «stony soils»

overt glory shining round the fear - filled shepherds on the stony soil of Bethlehem.

A canopy of red maple and black oak trees hangs there, looming above the same stony soil tilled by colonial farmers.

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Forests at that time were preserved only in places with poor stony or sandy soils.

Most soil is limestone in origin, generally shallow and stony, though there are areas of slightly deeper and more fertile calcareous soil.

Mountain soils here are often thin and stony, and this is a good thing too: Vines that struggle in poor soil produce fewer, better grapes, with more concentrated flavour.