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We were watching LotR's Return of the King last night, and Gandalf went into this soliloquy about life after this life. He said something about "white sand." I'm from (New) Jersey, so our sand was yellow, not white. I was wondering if Tolkien's sand was white. Then I remember Hawaii's sand is black sometimes. (Volcanoes. Kind of expect that.) Which made me remember soil.
I'm a gardener, so have a thing about soil.
Jersey is called "The Garden State" because it's really a huge old sand bar that took hold with trees long ago, so over the centuries, the ground became nutritious, but still sandy. Viola! Perfect for growing tomatoes. (Nothing better than a Jersey tomato.) But the soil doesn't look rich. It's tan to gray, and not so much chunks. Sandy. The stuff you throw in the trash after sweeping you kitchen floor.
When I was growing up, we moved to Illinois. Best soil I've ever seen. Black! Rich thick lush black. Better than the soil out of a bag. But I was in corn country, so lots of animal-feed corn. Still. The soil in the woods was just as black.
I now live in Philly. Our soil is landfill-cement color, because our homes were made in what used to be a swamp, so it was filled in by masonry from growing the rest of the town. Underneath our cement, (because that's what our yards are made of), is cement and cinder-blocks, rusty nails, rotten wood, all crumbling apart. (Hey, we have to get new sidewalk occasionally. lol) So the soil is kind of dusty cement color.
What's your soil like?
I'm a gardener, so have a thing about soil.
Jersey is called "The Garden State" because it's really a huge old sand bar that took hold with trees long ago, so over the centuries, the ground became nutritious, but still sandy. Viola! Perfect for growing tomatoes. (Nothing better than a Jersey tomato.) But the soil doesn't look rich. It's tan to gray, and not so much chunks. Sandy. The stuff you throw in the trash after sweeping you kitchen floor.
When I was growing up, we moved to Illinois. Best soil I've ever seen. Black! Rich thick lush black. Better than the soil out of a bag. But I was in corn country, so lots of animal-feed corn. Still. The soil in the woods was just as black.
I now live in Philly. Our soil is landfill-cement color, because our homes were made in what used to be a swamp, so it was filled in by masonry from growing the rest of the town. Underneath our cement, (because that's what our yards are made of), is cement and cinder-blocks, rusty nails, rotten wood, all crumbling apart. (Hey, we have to get new sidewalk occasionally. lol) So the soil is kind of dusty cement color.
What's your soil like?