What do the foundation under your house, the salad you ate for lunch and the plants at your favorite park have in common? They all depend on soil! Soil, in its simplest form, is a combination of eroded rock (sand, silt and clay), organic matter (decomposed plants and organisms) and tiny organisms (earthworms and bacteria). […]
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