Soil gets a bad rap.
Feet and hands and children are kept out of it.
Noses wrinkled and head held high as we avoid it.
It is kept at arms length with shovel handles and spray bottles.
Keep it at a distance. Uninvolved and unmoved.
Focus on the quick and away from the dirty and real.
Sometimes, the most important things around us, we take for granted.
Soil full of life.
Full of the memories of how it was treated and what was once sown and thought hidden.
Full of the memories of how it was treated and what was once sown and thought hidden.
Soil is where yesterday, today and tomorrow merge and link arms.
Where
the debris of the years is broken into particles and covered with the
debris of today. Birds, worms, organisms and humans mix the layers.
Soil is where the broken, diseased, decayed and imperfect become treasure.
Where is diversity is invited and created.
"An exuberantly healthy soil is the cornerstone of a
sustainable garden. The virtues bestowed by a living, fertile soil are
legion."
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway (Published 2009)P. 95
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