  If you plant it...  June 30, 2013 Tom Schultz ( , The Times
Observer  "If you plant it, they will come."  I swear that's
what I heard one afternoon early last month while turning over
another shovelful of soil in one of my ten garden beds.  Did you
catch that phrase? Another shovelful of soil.  I've been
gardening long enough to know the difference between soil and
dirt.  Soil is energized with compost and other nutrients, and
just waiting to provide the boost seeds and seedlings require to
turn an empty space into a bountiful harvest of vegetables and
flowers.  Dirt, on the other hand, is, well, just dirt. It's
emaciated soil.  "If you plant it, they will come."  I scanned
the backyard. There was just a blue jay perched on top of the
swing set and a bee happily buzzing in the raspberry bushes.
Neither of them is conversant in the English language, so I was
sure they weren't talking to me.  "If you plant it, they will
come."  "Okay, that's enough!" I muttered. "I don't know whose
talking to me, but that's e