However, plowing is blamed for causing severe damage to topsoil by removing the plants that protect soil from being blown or washed away.
然而，耕地被认为是对表层土壤造成严重损害的罪魁祸首，因为它清除了那些保护土壤不被吹走或冲走的植物。
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A top dressing of fertilizer should be added to improve growth as mint impoverishes the soil quickly.
应施顶肥以促进生长，因为薄荷会使土壤迅速变得贫瘠。
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In particular, they should be forced to accelerate her visionary campaign to replant indigenous trees along river Banks and ravines where the continent's life-giving topsoil is being swept away.