The camper's week focuses on their specialty major and an elective of their choice and includes a daily recreation period and nightly campfire program. Sugarloaf is an overnight camp that runs Sunday to Saturday for both of the two sessions. The staff includes many El Dorado County teachers and many Sugarloaf alumni.
Time Factors In Soil Formation. Soil does not form overnight. In fact, soil formation can take thousands, and in some cases even millions of years. Thus, time is an obviously important factor in soil formation. A newly exposed surface will have very little if any soil, while old surfaces will often have much deeper soils.
1 Since water is required for lime to react with the soil, effects of a lime application will be slower in a dry soil. 2  It often takes a year or more before a response can be measured even under perfect conditions. 3  However, a response may be observed within weeks of the application when soil pH is extremely low.