Habitat: Native to central Asia; grows wild in woodlands, open areas, and along roadsides; can grow in
common garden soil
Habitat: Native to southern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa; grows in
common garden soil
Not exact matches
And it is apparent in the recurrent themes of returning to the natural, to the
soil, to simpler forms of life, and to the elemental experiences of
common people, that manifest themselves in folk music, communes, handicrafting, and classes in organic
gardening.
This is especially true near walkways where foot traffic is heavy and in
garden areas where handling
soil is
common.
Turkish
garden historian Gürsan Ergil told me recently that you can still see people covering their roofs with
soil and growing vegetables in rural Anatolia — and evidence at ancient sites that this practice was
common in the past as well.