There they found fertile soil, good water, and wood in the nearby hills.

The novelty found fertile soil, and its roots dug in.

The name means "rough mountains", so named by the farmers who found its steep terrain and rocky soil difficult to cultivate.

Teaching abroad, he found fertile soil for his new ideas and research.

It was not long before Spanish settlers turned to the hills, where they found rich volcanic soil and a better climate.

As far as we know, only the cloud that entered this stellar system found fertile soil on which to grow.

The idea of agriculture had found good soil here, and it had taken root.

There are several reasons, he says, that these ideas found such fertile soil in America.

The surviving settlers abandoned the area, with some moving inland where they found fertile soil.

The path they followed was barren, but on either side scrub pines found soil enough in crevices to grow.