UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that topsoil is being lost 10–40 times faster than it is being replaced. Did that number land differently because you were already thinking about your own yard?

A way from A to B , which you only need to have because it's a regular passage and is purely functional, so do you enforce a path into other elements in the landscape, such as boundaries, Swales or pre-existing features or let them evolve naturally and adapt to them?

Update photos of our earl seedlings 🌱 @Alicia Van Zeeland Question 🙋‍♂️ does very hard water in the home have an affect on soil or plant 🪴?

Ok sounds good... in zone 8b, its time to get some transplants in the ground soon... If I did till this first year, I would not go deep 2 - 4" is good... the compost would be great as long as the leaves and greens are broken down. If the leaves not full decomposed, they can still be used for top mulch after the plants are 8" or taller to protect the soil from the sun... It will be very important to make sure no soil is left exposed to the sun... What's growing in your area now?

The last two or three years I have grown lawn areas for ease of maintenance and to collect rich biomass for feeding biology and making compost. Regularly harvesting grass results in a loss of broad leaf diversity, so this year is a no mow season, which means I only cut one or two amenity lawns and access paths , the rest is left to make hay and regenerate. It looks a bit messy and is so tempting to give a little trim, but not before mid June . One interesting thing to try , which isn't always successful, still worth a go, is to sow a cover crop into the grass /hay just a couple of days before scything or strumming. It depends on the weather and being able to spread the hay on top evenly as it dries, so it becomes a mulch.