Mix together flour, salt, and baking soda with a fork.
Cut in your lard.
Make a shallow pond in your crumbs. Pour in about half the water then gently push the crumb mixture into the pond until they are all consumed by the water, then add some more water and let it gently consume more crumbs, being careful to use gentle folding motions and not kneading and pressing motions.
I like my pie dough to be a tad sticky because I want to use flour to roll it without making it rubbery and tough.
Remember the more you handle pie dough, the tougher it gets.
