“Whatever is affixed to the soil belongs to the soil” -- Anglo-Saxon Law
Well, that might just mean we belong to the soil, depending on how you look at it. I totally agree with Charles E. Kellogg when he says “Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without
soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” and Chief Seattle, 1852 who said “We are part of the earth and it is part of us ... What befalls the earth
befalls all the sons of the earth.”
My favorite soil quote though..
Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any
natural thing, its present condition is due to the influences of many things and
events of the past. We right now determine our future, the future of our children and their children by how we take care and manage our soil.
So its safe to say that I chose one of the most fundamental life sustaining topics huh.. well, lets just say I have a future to safeguard.. and it start with knowing whats important and how to safeguard it.
History is largely a record of human struggle to wrest the land from nature,
because man relies for sustenance on the products of the soil. So direct, is the
relationship between soil erosion, the productivity of the land, and the
prosperity of people, that the history of mankind, to a considerable degree at
least, may be interpreted in terms of the soil and what has happened to it as
the result of human use.
Soils are developed; they are not merely an accumulation of debris resulting
from decay of rock and organic materials ... In other words, a soil is an entity
-- an object in nature which has characteristics that distinguish it from all
other objects in nature.
Do you know how to manage your soil? Well, catch me later and I'll fill you in..
