and loam lor making even more lopsorl. ll ean also be used as a line growing medium in nurseries, as an lluulalor in buildings, and mlly in daspeiallon asa inel, ior lhose who burn peai are near lhe base ol llle on earlh, lhe neal slep is laid harlens and rods, Pearlinds lhrougholu lhe world now urgenlly need plesorlullon as lhlealened habilals ol unique vegel in real preserves limber, animals, and sueh unexpeeled unsure-hove. as hoards ol aeorns and bikins oi beeeh buiier 1mm lhe laresls whlell vaedzd lhe hogs a whole alehaeology may very well lie in peel, and lhe pollen reeoid may reveal pasl hisiory Ar lhe base ol lrlrh bogs lhe Fl'r Belg lihe llllle peoplel, lneli ares, bridges, buller, and loiesl lile are well preserved my and lheir loiesls were banished, as ll by maglc, by lhe Tvalka de Dlmm llhe children ol Dlanal who now dig llle pool maria was displaeed in mm by Mary, mailer oi Cod am all are mlxed ln lhe peal and lha iongue ol lieland. any Good rlay is very useiul slull; a deplll ol ll oan exlelld 0 34) m llem leell. lhrs "Sonic: clll be slixkplled, and pielerably covered wllh plasi-le sheen, bolh dried and baked bmk ean be made ol li, dams and ponds sealed, and pols shaped and llred Some lypes ol day make good errekel phones. and oihei lypes make line poreelaln or speelal liliels arid lnsulalols rireelay ls slush silica, 25m alumina, ”rem iron uxidr, a bnelrs use slllea. no alurnrna. and em al lime SAND clean, il may make grinding powder or sillea chips, or ii yellowish have enough ealrlum lo eounler acldlly ll line and blaek, ll may be nl use in easllng melals or as a malerial ior a black—sand solar mile-(ml If while, ll relleoisllghl like snow and can relleei heal lo houses and walls, l-‘ai sand leonulnlng some elay (ZD‘H makes ovens and monar. sharp sand lor moslly sllieal makes slag and nemenl, or can be mixed wiih peal lo grow has or olher plants in nursenns llhe besl usel sieved sand gives special sizes lor speelal use as a gnl or polish in monars and grindeis cmwm. Heaped up l makes good roads, drains, and soil sun-balhlllg plldies murll boiler lhan lawns lilo green slalnsl. Angular, gravel makes good eonorele. and smooih, good waler rulers or enzyme eolumils ii is a mulch lor liees, as is wider and crushed pumlee. 19 nun-size angular gnk’els are lhe besl lor heal sloies, where air lroln solar allies or glasshouses is blown inlo a heal sloie wall or lank lilled wllh sash gravels Heel slaves can be plaied under lioors Io heal gravel beds. SHINGLE, shingle is good under grayels ml roads, lordralns, and (Dune llliers ll ls an ekiollenl mulch lor condensing waler in desens or dry plaees, a reluge lor snails and deeomposels, a fllkr bed lor swimming pools all named. and so an. SLATE nools, lablels, and billiard iables are al slale, as are iools Any Mk lhal can be spill an be ullllsad lor walls and houses, rool areas, garden pallls, and lioor llles acumen boulders earl be used as a coarse mukh, wildlile ieluge, alld wailing and wlndbreak malerial whlch gains and radiales heal. Some boulders are very 148 good as poundels, lollieis arisellenl norm and pesllas, welylls, anchors, and ballasl in boals To me al leasl, a bulldozer or eraavalor ls a soulee ol lnlolrnalloru and me making ol a pond ls a rare ellanee lo explore, explain, and siore uselnl inlornuilon and lrlalerlal relalrng lo lhe slle. oil a (omplex sue lold voleano, shoreline, swamp, or deserl pedimenll, one ear eonllrrn or deny ihoories on lorlnaliorl, geology, and gzologxll hlslory aesl ol all, expenm on many slles gives a pledlellve eapaelly on lar srles, and more eonadenee ln llndmg llle nghi slles lai ponder ereavaied houses, silos or silage pile, and in finding more eenh lesourees, All lhls, and .usl lor a earelul look al arlual ppelallon. ll would nol be uneornrnon lor erreavalion lo pay ior ilsell on any one ol lhe laslors llslsd, and lor yoursell or your ellenl lo benelll long aller lhe waler slorage rs bulll, lrom mnrials pul earelully aside during exeavaoon. ll you are wise, yuu nee-er lease llle rile wllen eailh is being moved, ll is very expensive in bring nurhlnes bask lor line louehes. lo idlusl lhe work, orlosori oul rmxzd maaerials TRACKS AND SIGNS Like lhe snow and windblown sand, newly moved eanh and paddled elays reveal lo lhe observer n sedmn oi earih lile, and makes an unpaid ol lhose sealeilvo and noelurnal s and mammals on slle, lrom beelles lo alephanls, mire lo players All" rain, ii is a good lllne lo lake a nolebook and observe lhe ioolprrrlls, serapes, and liaeks ol any slle when earih was lreshly moved A llsl olspeelos oblalned lhls way adds lo baslc lnlormallon resourees and may warn al iroubles in slore lram ground loragers Many eryplie animals avoid iraps, bui can be deieelad by ihelr oaelis. The eanh hides a greal yarlely ol lile lorrns. lrom seerellve larvae and worm-like legless lizards lo redolanl lungi revealed only on lhe surlaee by lhelr garlic-like seenl or lruillng bodies Mire, gophers. and larger mammals leave mnnels, nesis, and load sloles underground, and all lhese and olher seclels, such as lhe exlenl ol moi penelrallon and spread, ran be Mr vealed loroux analysis snows AND FCSSILS Under ille earlh, almosl everywhere, he llle mnle slones ol pnoi lile. rnese have mole lessons lor us lhan do lululolpglsls, who aller all ran only look lorward by looking baek lirsl lo. lhey would nor know whlsh way ii lorwardl lhe camps ol our aneeslars are mealed ln solisbyshells, lools, shards, ashes. bones land an beso daledl buried lrees give giowlh rings lo lell lhe slllry ol older ellmale, air oualrly, arid lo aenlralely dale lhelr own bunnl. Pollary shards may enerlde aslronomleal or leehllologleal dala, and bones reveal pasl diseases and wars As no Ganges lover loday beers lla ehlldren's bodlaa, lheir elolhsy adornmenls, and mm: lo sea, ionee blindly over lhe eonllnenlal allelilollleooae below, and as we earelesrly drop broken pollery on lhe