Three pinches of soil from Rocknest were delivered to Sam by the rover's robotic arm, and the results threw up a sweep of interesting chemistry.
But given that a pinch of typical soil contains around 100m microbes, enormous diversity can be found even in one's own back garden, says Bob Holt of Avecia, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals based in Britain.
Some Bari say that if anyone is accused of having killed the deceased, that person must either be held accountable, or swear their innocence by drinking water mixed with a pinch of the soil dug up from the deepest part of the grave.
Alexandra, for instance, cooked up her lovely husband Jim, a lean taciturn potter with a limp, from a hollowed pumpkin, a cowboy hat and 'a pinch of Western soil scraped from inside the back fender of a pick-up truck with Colorado plates'.
1/4 teaspoon Goodnd ginger.
Lightly cover each planted seed with a bit of soil pinched together over the top, and follow with a bit of gentle watering.
Place the saguaro seeds in the holes and lightly pinch the soil closed over them.
To plant very small seeds, pour the seeds into the palm of your hand, take a pinch of the seeds with the thumb and forefinger of your opposite hand, and sprinkle the seeds over the soil.
Add a pinch of allspice, a pinch of cinnamon and a pinch of clove.
