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.
... pursuit of holiness. Its sentences
are statements, not arguments, and are pitched in
the highest key of Christian experience. It was
meant for monastics and recluses. ...