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The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. Their tipis were built upon the earth and their altars were made of earth. The birds that flew into the air came to rest upon the earth and it was the final abiding place of all things that lived and grew. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.

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Roger Swain

Roger Swain

Roger Swain, known as "the man with the red suspenders" is most famous for hosting the television show, The Victory Garden on PBS. He was the host from the mid 1980s until 2001.

He graduated from Harvard College and went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Biology. Since 1978 he has been a writer and science editor at Horticulture Magazine. He is the author of five books: Earthly Pleasures, Field Days, The Practical Gardener, Saving Graces, and Groundwork. Currently he is the co-host of the television show People, Places, and Plants with Paul Tukey on HGTV at 7 am on Sunday mornings.

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