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[Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

> From: list@ginda.us

> Doesn't that remove all the top soil?

yeah, and all the lead. It's not too difficult to make topsoil via the
compost method. P. A. Yeomans, who developed the Keyline ag sytem in
Australia thought all that stuff about irreplaceable topsoil was alot of
nonsense. I've come to agree with him. As he found, you can re-contour for
water absorption and drainage, and do some deep-profile improvement at the
same time. It's all about the soil foodweb... and if you can ditch the lead
in a day or two of work, why not?

-Rick