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Cereus-validus..... wrote:
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. Please define humus and loam. Who sets the standard for them and who enforces that standard? -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8b Sunset Zone 5 "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... 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. |
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