He could sense why nothing grew there, for the rocky soil looked and felt dead.

Farmers have always scraped to make a living on the rocky soil here, and hard times were nothing new.

From it, he saw a broad mark that ended upon rocky soil.

Now he steps from the car door to the rocky soil of base camp.

All around the edges the ground fell away a couple of feet into rocky soil.

When we got there, I realized that the rocky soil would not be good for farming.

It is also the most recent island, and therefore has rocky soil.

Once the land round it was worked, but no one these days would break his back over soil so rocky and barren.

He failed at that, too, and collapsed face down in the rocky soil.

Grapes also do well in the rocky soil, but demand a lot of care.