Soon the trees disappeared, the gradient increased and the soil became black and powder-fine.

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Filter material: layer of fine gravel used in slope stabilization structures that allows water to escape and retains soil particles.

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And now Ike, this storm is likely to follow a very similar course to Gustav, again running over the Isle of Youth that was barren soil virtually, and the western part of the nation where they grow this very fine tobacco that got wet.

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The fungus itself consists of an almost microscopically fine web called a mycelium, made up of long, thread-like structures usually buried beneath the soil.

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Fortunately for those with a tooth for it, the artisan mezcaleros in places like the mezcal heartland of Oaxaca still craft the old fire-smoked, close-to-the-soil nectar, a drink as specifically rooted in its origins and as various in its outcomes as fine wine.

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