"The seeds germinate in the spring, and the soil needs to be wet."

Even when we have the vineyards back, the soil will need years to recover.

Many agricultural soils need drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies.

Try again next year, in the same place where the soil should need no amendments.

If a stockpile is required, the soil needs to be protected from the elements so it does not become contaminated.

"I'm told the soil in the back garden needs lime."

The soil was thinning evidently, and needed the boost the compost provided, at no cost to the garden.

The only practical way to know if any soil needs lime is to have it tested.

The soil needed to be soft, to accommodate further burrowing.

In such cases, soil can no longer support on its own plants with high nutritional demand and thus needs an external source of nutrients.