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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JustKim" data-source="post: 3166242" data-attributes="member: 5478">No it is not. At least not for a very long time. Billions of organisms, from bacteria to worms, are required to convert organic material to soil. Most of them are not present on a brick road, and the most you're likely to see is simple decay. If you leave a banana peel on a road, after a week it'll be a rotten banana peel. After a month it'll be a withered banana peel. After a year it will still be a withered banana peel. At this point it also contains trace toxic chemicals that've washed across the road in rainwater, and would not make good soil anyway.If you've ever tried to make a compost pile in your yard, you've probably noticed that piles of leaves and lawn clippings do not decay quickly unless you introduce things that contain bacteria- fertilizer, bits of food, or the bodies of people who annoyed you on message boards. In a sterile environment, soil does not occur.What I am talking about is science. It does not get any more realistic.</blockquote>