S OIL quality speaks of itself through the plants that suckled at and took in that quality. The usual nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium ménage a trois plus over two dozen elements and motley nutrients go into soil composition—and that may sound plaintive as a famished beggar asking for alms, or even sing like a suave nabob doling in abandon flamboyance, florins and flowers.
V AGINARIAN, oops, vegetarian nga pala ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino sanhi ng walang patumanggang lantak sa pambansang pagkain—parang sinabawang gulay na instant noodles na karaniwang P5 sampakete na mula sa trigo’t tinambakan ng kung ilang pabrika ng kemikal na pampalasa’t sinalpakan ng tatak “Sangkap Pinoy” ng Department of Health. Pero hindi maliwanag kung ano talaga ang sangkap na ‘yon. Na baka naman giniling, pinatuyo’t pinulbos na laman-loob ng mga natigok, hinango mula iba’t ibang punerarya, pwe-he-he-he!