soil

Trees might look like they’re throwing their leaves away in autumn, but they’re actually carefully placing them over their root systems, where they can break down and build healthy soil.

He plants “cover crops” on otherwise bare soil to reduce erosion, retain moisture and improve yields, but only on 30% of his land because the cost is prohibitive with the export tax.

The air was thick with the smells of soil and livestock.

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

Superfund sites aren’t well marked, but you want to avoid living too close to one since toxic chemicals leak into the soil and eventually the surrounding air.