Groundbreaking - or, the difference between soil and dirt... 10 October

Groundbreaking, in the world of village building means literally that - going out to the backyard and filling buckets with dirt - oops - I mean soil.  Though we have 3 acres, and more open land around, we actually had to import our soil from our dear friend who is a Botanical Wiz..
In fact, she is the one who chastised me for calling it "dirt".  Dirt is what you sweep off your floors - soil is what you plant your garden in! 
Anyhow, our "backyard" is composed primarily of gneiss outcroppings and pine needles, so yes, we imported dirt.  Soil, that is.