A LOT OF DIRT

[DrRod]

Generally speaking, sand is very fine crushed rock. It becomes dirt when organic material is added. I once attended a dirt seminar and learned the obvious -- that the various colors and textures of dirt are all tied to the chemistry of the soil. The amount of clay, iron, lime, slate, sand, micronutirents, bacteria, etc all affect the look, feel and performance of dirt.

As for the racoon thing, I've read that there is a general increase in the coon population because its no longer very profitable for guys to trap them for fur. Seems that most racoon fur was exported to the Soviet Union but now their market is way down due to their "new" economy. So prices went down and people got out of the trapping business. Around here, suburbanites pay upwards of $300 to get someone out to trap a coon on their property.

 

[SacandagaBrad]

As a highly trained geologist /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif I have to chime in here on the definition of dirt.

Early in my career, I attended a week long training course that included a day on soil classification. The instructor, a well respected agronomist, explained that soil is comprised of weathered rock that can also contain varying amounts of organic material. Dirt, on the other hand, is the stuff that sticks to your shoes and gets tracked onto your wife's brand new flooring. Everyone got a chuckle, and I'll be few ever forgot it.

I have to admit, when I'm on my tractor, I'm playing in the dirt. I just make sure to take off my boots when I come in.

Brad

 

[AndyM]

It sure takes a lot of dirt to cover over an 18 inch culvert 110 feet long.

I don't need a bigger tractor - just more of them.

More tractors requires more tractor drivers if you plan on using all of them at the same time.

 

[BTDT]

As a highly trained geologist /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif I have to chime in here on the definition of dirt.

Early in my career, I attended a week long training course that included a day on soil classification. The instructor, a well respected agronomist, explained that soil is comprised of weathered rock that can also contain varying amounts of organic material. Dirt, on the other hand, is the stuff that sticks to your shoes and gets tracked onto your wife's brand new flooring. Everyone got a chuckle, and I'll be few ever forgot it.

I have to admit, when I'm on my tractor, I'm playing in the dirt. I just make sure to take off my boots when I come in.

Brad

Our old FFA teacher said something similar: Dirt is what get's under your fingernails, soil is what you plant in.