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Enrich Soil Naturally - How To Make Compost By : H Reinders Anyone who prefers to buy their vegetables and flowers from the local grocery store will have a difficult time understanding the gardener’s delight digging into a smelly pile of compost, or having a truck load of manure dumped in their yard. Really, who in their right mind, would pay to have a substance excreted by animals brought to their home? Composting Do’s and Don’ts By : Jim Allen Though all organic matter can be broken down naturally, some materials are just not suitable for the home compost pile. The Foundation of Agriculture is Root Mass By : August Dunning-13741 Providing nutrient dense food for cattle and people finds its basis in the soil borne nutrients that roots can absorb to turn into these foods. Without healthy dense root mass and micro mineral laden soils to draw from, food may look good but is empty of nutrition. The two major functions of roots are 1.) absorption of water and inorganic nutrients and 2.) anchoring the plant body to the ground.