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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

 

 

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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