A seedbed is a specially prepared area of the garden that has been made suitable for the sowing and germination of plant seeds. A seedbed has usually been well broken down into a fine tilth[?] using a tool such as a rake[?], and will have had any stones or weeds removed. The site will have been levelled for even drainage.
... These various influences were distilled into a unique new music that was a synthesis of all American folk music forms to-date; it paid homage to previous forms, and ...