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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 4058308" data-attributes="member: 2093">It sounds like a really good idea. I think the rock to mud to create soil is an excellent idea. Then some kind of spell to add organic matter to the soil. Maybe the druid could research something. The best organic matter is made up of dry brown plant parts (ie leaves and wood chips), manure, green or "wet"  plant parts (ie rinds, peels, stems and other soft vegetation), and things like coffee grounds, egg shells, etc....Buying the waste of a city and shipping it there magically  could be a very good thing! Then just layer it on top of the mud to compost and a year later stir it in.I'd be worried that your decanter lake might cause a good bit of erosion as it fills and overfills and runs off. Get it established first, before working on the soil bed. It'd be a shame to wash away dirt it has taken years to produce!The nice thing is that if the  grove does establish itself, it will create a "seed" that should, over time, gradually expand. Sheltered growing area created by the trees will allow other small plants to take root, soil will move and form pockets elsewhere, and then plants will grow there; in a couple hundred years they could have a nice little oasis in the wastes.</blockquote>