In all forms of life there are substances that function in similar fashion to connective tissue in its relationship to the body. Gravity provides a similar function for the earth. The line balance of all the interrelating systems on our planet depend on the power of this energy field.

Within this field life revolves around a series of pressures. The maintenance of life requires energy, and these pressures change according to the smoothness of movement front one field to another. The change in pressure can be dramatic as the months of calm spring weather to the summer thunderstorms. If changes flow smoothly, consistently, and rapidly, it seems that the extremes do not occur so often. It is the adaptability and flexibility within life that enables the continual change to new form.

The change of the earth’s position in space and its relationship to other energy Fields is the core of all living adaptability on earth. Any witholding of energy from one field to another or draining as the reverse, leads to uneven pressures and the ensuring turbulence of the thunderstorm and the calm.

Connective tissue is to the body as clay is to the soil. Clay is the binding substance that gives aggregates their random form. The clay particle has a strong energy field of its own and is maintained by the continual inflow and outflow of changing positive and negative elements. This is not so with oilier particles, such as sand or silt. However it is the balance between these particles that gives soil its degree of richness. The proportion of clay in a soil plays an important part in pH through its element fixation and fluid balance. The retention od heat is a reflection of overall fertility. The degree of clay in a soil also determines the availability of nutrients to other life, and the usefulness of clay is determined by the amount of water flowing through relative to that which is stored.

The flow of water, is our circulation, is the life flow of the soil. Nutrient fertilizer washes into the soil, some becomes fixed by the clay particle in accordance with the balance of clay to other particles, and according to the degree of water normally held. Some water leaches through taking nutrients with it. Through capillary action into the pores of the soil, water also evaporates upward bringing salts to the surface (as we do with sweat).

It is clay with its fluid matrix that gives stick and substance to the soil. Its relationship to other particles, elements micro-organisms, and fluid balance leads to soil aggregation the formation of capillaries, air pockets-the circulation of the living soil. Aggregation structure represents represents gravity by giving soil lightness and spring, a quality that can be felt by the hand.

Soil is alive, subject tot banging energy fields and osmotic pressures. Soil that has been drained of nutrients, water- and air, or has any one of its balances disturbed will change Its structure .A soil that is drained of its supplies loses its structure, as clay loses its power of stick. It loses tone- readily becoming a quagmire with a little rain, or a dusty hard pan in drier tines. A soil that is drained of its supplies loses its structure. Clay particles become overcharged, holding nutrients hack, becoming too sticky sealing off ‘soil capillaries aid reducing fluid flow.

A soil will poor structure loses its consistency and its ability to adapt to changes in weather pallet [is. plant growth, or stocking. Soil can be simply rectified however. By guided tilling a man can lift the soil, lie can become a catalyst for restored fluid now, aeration, nutrient stability in the clay battery, and general movement towards consistent balance. It is after the soil has been lifted that further finer structural changes take place setting to a new balance. Plants start to grow, water washes through and evaporates out, using up excesses and returning needed elements. Solid clay lumps arc washed over, redistributed aerated and reformed into structured aggregates. In time the soil’s richness and potential are restored. Soil structure can also be destroyed by constant tilling and lack of attention to the interplay of life within it, just as easily as through neglect.