1. Photos by Melinda Fisk and Rodger Hauge CROPS AND SOILS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON

2. Bush beans grown in outwash gravels from the Missoula Floods, Liberty Lake, WA

3. Bush beans grown on outwash gravels

4. Bush beans grown in outwash gravels

5. Bronze leaf lettuce grown on outwash gravels

6. Beets grown in outwash gravels

8. Green peppers grown in outwash gravels

9. Onions grown in outwash gravels

11. Red onions grown in outwash gravels

12. Strawberries grown in outwash gravels

13. Corn and strawberries grown in market garden on outwash gravels

14. Cucumbers grown in outwash gravels

15. Potatoes grown in sandy outwash soil, Reardan, WA

16. Potatoes just before harvest: Loess soil, Ritzville, WA

17. Harvesting potatoes: Ritzville

18. Potatoes from loess field

19. Potatoes from Ritzville: Loess soil

20. Potato harvest: Ritzville, WA

21. Wheat fields on loess soil from Steptoe Butte, WA

22. Young winter wheat Steptoe Butte, WA

23. Ripening winter wheat on loess soil

24. Wheat grown on loess soil: Washtucna, WA

25. Harvesting wheat grown on loess soil

26. Harvesting wheat Ritzville, WA

27. Winter wheat harvested from loess soil

28. Bearded barley grown on loess soil: Washtucna, WA

29. Winter wheat planted in the fall on loess soil

30. Winter wheat tillers grown in loess soil

31. Wheat stubble field after harvest. Fallow field in the distance.