WHAT LIES BENEATH
Mar 01, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS ALYS FOWLER
ILLUSTRATION MICHAEL CRAMPTON
When we think about our gardens, we tend to think only of what we can see; the bit above. But the garden below is as rich and intricate as anything that grows in the light. The subterranean garden grows deeper than the trees towering above, and has its own fauna, infrastructure and a rich microbial world that works with plant roots to explore, colonise and extend the reach of the world above into the horizons of the world below. Your garden is important for many reasons, but one that has been vastly overlooked is its role in protecting one of our most precious resources: good soil.
Healthy soil has many functions and roles. It provides structure, recycles nutrients for plant
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