No, they are not the same. Dirt is the stuff that shows up on your car, windows,
door knobs and floors. Soil is a living, active, rich biological system which is
full of myriad life forms. Everything from micro organisms to macro organisms
live in soil. Soil is life. Dirt is not.

Some soils need to be amended in order to make it more hospitable to grow plants
in. Many of the Texas soils have high alkalinity, some in East Texas are
acidic, then there are the swaths of acidic soils which run from far north
Dallas, down through the Park Cities, downward to just south of Waco.

All soil on the earth has a way of renewal. Forests have renewal in their leaf
litter, and other fungi in the soil which form mats under ground and
symbiotically live with trees and help them use water and nutrients.

So, I can go further, but this is only a millionth of the differences between
dirt and soil, from a scientific standpoint.

Victoria



On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:41:25 -0500, opined:

They are both the same, except soil costs mo-)



"Jill Johnson" wrote in message
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What's the difference between soil and dirt?


"busry" wrote in message
...
I have a couple of 4x4 frames of landscape timbers and wanted to get
some
soil to fill them to start a garden. I figured a truckload of soil
would
be
pcheaper than filling them with bags of dillo dirt from home depot. Can
anyone recommend a place in Central Austin where I can get a truckload
of
soil? How much can I expect to pay for it? Any leftover will be spread
on
my lawn.