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20 no sunk to me bedmck or deep rnlo lne pennanenr
water table (Fig-In ml
Mas! Australlrm nanve neea have an emnenl wa|er
rel-novel m rm, :0 llrar tunlvpls mmave 2-3 "mes
llre waror or pines or piuurt no lo rn radruol
Centrally, nrrrrsellnlders should keep large nees 3| lean
one hzlr llre rnnlure helgm Imm llne nonso when
bulldmg rn high zlayrfmnmn sods: sands and
sandrluams nre usualiy stable, :3 are rouen or
Iradumd roelr and sandsumes
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LIFE IN EARTH
aelore we ever learned ln ml open rlre aorl, rl was
lnorougnly dug, aerated, and nvenumed by
mulnludes ol mdusmons buncwexs Tlre unplnughzd
rneadows of Enrepe and Ammo: are as soft as a preer
manxess. and are we" aeraled due lo rne males,
gophers, worms, prnrrre dogs, rpdenls, and larvae
elzmally a( work below gmnd, even under llne snow
wernrlres, rims, and nus|a<eans all do llrerr pan. The
realms are obvious [mm llre gund smls and greal
pmdumvny of unploughed ground wnrrn has nal
peerrrornpaered by hooves or mathmes
Tennices and Inks are me earthworms ol llre dzsens
and drylands, earryrng lens 0! oxgnmc rnererral lo
undergmund (umposl prles, .n some 0! Wm. lhey
may glow fungi In reed rlrerr mlony. The npmxown
errln, wnemer lrern ams or malts. [arms a apeellre
nrene lor annuals lo seed on, and wmd—blnwn prunee.
rreee ro peerrpy. ll buds are me seedsranerers a! me
leresr, bumwars are me gildenus.
Underground and benennal nrnpal spares ealen by
squmels or Wallaby and aelmred by men dIgesuv:
enzrrnes bruk nrperrrnrron lo mpy new ground and
nelp llne new toms ul nevus and enealypls lo eonven
sail rnrnernls and liqulds lo lood appners and moles
lndusmously earry rnols and bulhs m seerel flan-s and
somdxmls [angel rnerr hoards, so lnal sunmot, gladloll,
dallodlls and nynernlhwrmg rrp in nnerpeered plaeee
shave ground This ls haw comlrey and sunrom
spread, drspne rlrerr Lark pl vmble seed, Tlrey depend
nor on hm, hm on males and gophzrs lor llrerr
mere-are Foxes ea! lrurlr, and deleeare on gnphzr
mnunds. wlnrn are me durovfi arena lnr nzwnws
Wumbals may lrrnnel, arernrrrr. and even lopple
many humus ol mes, lelvlng d nchlyrmanumd,
open. and lerdle bed lor new loresr evolullons mulls
induslfinusly perden rhxslles, and llrerr lunnels glve
shaker lo possum, squirrels, larndrrmn. snakes. and
hogs
Want» and truslazeins, m rnerr damp and
scmmmzs 5:11“leun bumws, mnv! up and down
lrke n bullion pump plunges, snelrrnp rn and expellrng
arr land \hus mlmgm) lo MB, and In ("ad givmg m.
9m] 5 daily breath Many erearnree mlx up apeeral
mudbnck soils wnh bndy secvdinns. and lrenr
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