Your 2,000 m² teems with life when it’s well maintained: trillions of microorganisms, billions of fungi, algae, and single-celled organisms, millions of bristle worms, springtails, and mites, thousands of millipedes, and, of course, earthworms that work the soil.[7] Moles, mice, and birds feed on them, while bees, bumblebees, and butterflies are drawn to the flowers in your field.
In total, no fewer than 20 quadrillion living organisms—weighing about two metric tons—could live on your 2,000 m². We don’t want to lose any of them. They’re all important.
Only where things are crawling and buzzing is the soil fertile and healthy!
The smaller, the better! Just look at all the life that can thrive in and on a single square meter of fertile soil.[8]
