I'm Kevin Smith from BBC Gardner's World magazine.

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Hello and welcome to the award-winning BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.

Healthy soil is the foundation of every thriving garden.

But how well do we really understand what's going on beneath our feet?

I'm Oliver Parsons, and today on the Gardeners World magazine podcast,

I'm joined by award-winning garden designer Juliette Sargent,

whose new book, Start with Soil, explores how we can all care for and make the most of this precious resource.

We'll be talking about what soil needs, the damage we might unknowingly be doing,

and how every gardener can work with nature to create a more sustainable garden.

Hi, Juliet. Welcome to the podcast.

Hello, thank you.

Lovely to have you here, lovely.

So, Julia, why is soil so important?

Ooh, that's a...

It's a big one, isn't it?

It's a big, we'll dive straight on in there.

Well, soil is the foundation of all life, really, apart from in the sea, all land life starts with the soil

and is reliant on the soil. So if you think about the food on your plate, you may have some

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