It was because raising a child in a country where families have shallow roots can be a desperately lonely business.

Both he and his wife, said the judge, had "shallow roots".

Mulch shields the shallow roots of these plants from winter cold and summer heat.

The earth is thin; the trees can establish only shallow roots, so they grow badly.

Since state employees often transfer here from other areas, many residents have shallow roots in Pierre and few relatives close by.

This type of watering does more harm than good because it encourages shallow roots to form.

"They were growing on rocky soil, with shallow roots and so had very little stability," he said.

She snatched at a bush and it came out by its stupid shallow roots.

Of these, some with shallow roots are blown down in storms.

The result, in some parts, is that the first shallow roots of democracy appear to be taking hold.