Last week’s Rose cafe event was loosely tied to the talk given by Garrick a few weeks earlier. The end of this event consisted of a discussion involving the production of cheap calcium/phosphorous-rich dirt. The rest of the talk, however, was a brief overview of the study of soil. It was very interesting to hear this overview of a topic that I did not have any knowledge of whatsoever. While I have seen dirt probably every day of my life, I did not even begin to contemplate the complexity of dirt. I thought it was very interesting that the organic and living components are completely intertwined with the inorganic to create such an important feature of this planet. This is especially different for a biological sciences student who is bred to focus on the organic and biological aspects. I found the microscopic modeling of dirt very interesting as well.