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Irrigation is one of the most important factors in a healthy lawn.  Without irrigation it is virtually impossible to regulate the moisture that is essential for the life that exists in the soil.  That life is essential in the long term health of an organic landscape. Many of the micro organisms in the soil will go dormant or die altogether [...]

What is soil?  That is the first question I was asked when I began my studies of organic landscaping.  The answer is that soil is the interaction between three equal partners:  the abiotic component  the living organisms in the soil  environmental components (temperature, water,air).   Beginning with the first, the primary a-biotic component of soil is rock [...]