This tag was created by Maria Frank. The last update was by Matt Gunther.
Ecology, Environment, & Land > Soil
- As a verb: to dirty
- As a noun:
- in contrast to mere "dirt." Soil is the complex ecosystem of minerals, organic matter, rock detritus, etc. whereas dirt is displaced soil, no longer integrated with this ecosystem
- See article "Dirt Is Not Soil" (J. Raloff) in ScienceNews
- a growing medium, often bought by gardeners in bags or truckloads, and comprising a growing portion of yard services product lines
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Contents of this tag:
- Urban Gardens & Soil Contaminants (metadata)
- Organic Risk Management: Soil Health (metadata)
- Organic Risk Management: Soil Fertility (metadata)
- Environmental Benefits of a Healthy, Sustainable Lawn (metadata)
- Sustainable Farming Systems (PDF)
- Urban Gardens & Soil Contaminants (PDF)
- Preventing pollution problems from lawn and garden fertilizers (metadata)
- Sustainable Farming Systems (metadata)
- Organic Risk Management: Soil Fertility
- Growing Community Resilience: Empowering Neighborhoods with Tools of Design for the Northern Climate (PDF)
- Organic Risk Management: Soil Health