Here we go again.

"Top soil" is ANYTHING that makes up the surface layer of the soil and does
not have any specific chemical or biological composition. It can be good for
growing plants or it could be toxic. Buying "top soil" is buying a "pig in a
poke". You may not only be wasting your money but you can actually be doing
damage to your garden by using it.

If you instead buy "humus", "loam" or "peat", you know exactly what you are
getting and how to use it.


"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message ghY%d.22081$oa6.14080@trnddc07
from "Travis" contains these words:

The name "top soil" has no meaning.

It's a well-known term throughout Europe, meaning the fertile layer
above subsoil. When people here buy/sell a lorry-load of soil for
horticultural use, it's normal to specify topsoil.

Janet.