Yet in Genesis 2 we have this: ----------- — 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Desso GrassMaster is the field surface of the ground. (sportseon.com)
When an organism dies on the surface of the ground it decays. (redeeminggod.com)