The foundation of healthy landscapes lies just below the surface. The subterranean ecology of our backyards helps determine how water moves across our land, which plants we can grow, and how nutrient-rich our edibles will be, among other things. There is a direct link between caring for our soil and caring for ourselves; and yet, the most serious natural disaster that Georgia has faced is the loss of its topsoil. This study outlines patterns of amendment via a digital humanities counterpart, Soil Ecology Web (SEW), which recommends design guidelines derived from the study of soil ecology that anyone with a plot of land can follow to protect and grow their resource.