One of the most fascinating concepts of an ecological garden (Gaia’s Garden) is the strength that comes from a strong biodiversity (Redundancy makes systems stronger). There's an interesting juxtaposition where each plant simultaneously maximizes its own growth (Stock Market as Immune System) while also requiring other plants and animals to survive.

The interconnectedness (Make learning fun for eager minds) of each sphere - temperature, plants, bugs and animals - is what makes the garden stronger.

Pollinators (Design Gardens with Nature's Systems for Health) are opportunistically stealing food for themselves, but at the same time are helping those plants mate via their messy thievery. Once those plant's pollinated seeds grow into fruit later in the season, those seeds get picked up by animals (Design Gardens with Nature's Systems for Health) (humans included), or fall on the ground to become compost.

The composted fruit helps the soil become richer. The stolen seeds get moved to a different location, and often go through the animal's digestive tract unscathed and covered in compost - ready to be brought to life via the rich soil.

The magic here is that God created all plants and animals to act, solely within their sphere (Moses 3), in an opportunistic (Stock Market as Immune System) way. And at the same time, them acting so opportunistically is what serves (Serve needy so they're above minimum) the needs of the other plants. The system itself is built to thrive on it acting naturally.

And because there are so many opportunistic elements, everything is kept within reasonable bounds. No one specie of bug can get too big. No one kind of invasive plant can take over. There's always something that can keep the aggressive players in check - even if it takes a season or two to do so.

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• [8]: Monopolies Rarely Form Without Help

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