GETTING DOWN TO EARTH
Gardeners have a bias toward green as the symbol of life and vitality in the garden. Fact is, life in the garden starts and ends with dark, black soil: in one teaspoon of soil, there are billions of living organisms.
None of the green life above ground could happen if not for the little organisms teeming under the surface, and when the green life above the earth has run its course, that is exactly where it goes—back to the little organisms in the soil.
Soil as a living thing has its own requirements: food, water and oxygen. We are most interested in the food aspect, because well-fed soil tends to take care of
