water-holding

-- The water-holding frog survives in the dry Australian outback by taking in so much rainwater that it blows up like a balloon.

Fun facts about frogs Post 2010

Incorporating compost (organic matter) increases the water-holding capacity of your soil.

Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010

Goldman Sachs may have an ethical problem, and the SEC may have a reputation problem, but Mr. Stewart's column definitely has a water-holding problem.

Goldman and the Sage of Omaha 2010

You could use a hole dug in the ground with some form of sealant, or a natural water-holding formation such as a basin within stone.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

You could use a hole dug in the ground with some form of sealant, or a natural water-holding formation such as a basin within stone.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

Incorporating compost (organic matter) increases the water-holding capacity of your soil.

Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010

Tied to this multi-disciplinary, 10-year study should be data collection on soil water-holding ability, biological diversity and productive capacity, in order to qualify and quantify the corollary benefits that come with increases in soil organic matter.

Paula Crossfield: A New Direction on Research at the USDA? The Experts Weigh In 2009

This improves root growth, increases the infiltration of water, and also improves the water-holding capacity of the soil.

Mulching 2009

This organic activity is sustainable in the long term, improves water-holding capacity in soil for all crops -- not just those that happen to have a gene with drought resistance, leaving the other crops at risk.

Timothy LaSalle: Organic Agriculture Beats Biotech at its Own Game 2009

Runoff attenuation is high because of large water-holding capacity and flow resistance.

Terrestrial Water Balance in the Arctic 2009