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Known for her penchant for digressions and tangents, Solnit leaves no row unhoed as she simultaneously explores the roots of Orwell’s prolific literary output and the fecund history of roses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

It may be expected that the hotter soil—the unhoed plot—will also be drier than the others, and this can be found out by a simple experiment.

From Lessons on Soil by Russell, E. J.

Because when hoed, thereby disturbing capillary action, he found less moisture than when unhoed, in surface soil.

From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

A hoed soil is cooler and moister, and therefore better suited for the growth of plant roots than an unhoed soil.

From Lessons on Soil by Russell, E. J.

Hence the waters are waste and the fields are mostly unhoed.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir