Collocations for soil - noun

deep | shallow, thin | fertile, good, rich | barren, infertile, poor | light | heavy | loose | dry | damp, moist, waterlogged, wet | acid/acidic, alkaline | contaminated | top (also ‘topsoil’) | chalky, clay/clayey, peaty, sandy, stony | alluvial, desert, forest, garden, polar, volcanic

cultivate | dig, till, turn, work
fields of newly turned soil The clayey soils of the region are difficult to work.

fertilize | drain | loosen

conservation | degradation, erosion | conditions, fertility, quality
declining soil fertility

type | surface | science, scientist

in (the) ~
The flowers do well in sandy soil.

native | foreign

set foot on
She first set foot on French soil at a small Channel port.

on … ~
protests over the siting of nuclear weapons on British soil