"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:hz37d.182719$3l3.98268@attbi_s03...

Ted, it still looks like you're getting too many disparate answers to your
question :-(

Yeah, like I said . . . I used to know what's going on, or at least I
thought so, until I asked 3 people and got 5 opinions.

Diversity of opinion is a good thing. I'm not complaining about
everyone's contributions. I've just got to figure it out.

You might want to investigate the Soil Biology Primer, a good,
basic introduction to soil quality, fertility, tilth and the biomass that
lives within it.
http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/soil_quali...gy_primer.html

Good idea. Thank you.

Ted Shoemaker