Gary at Muck and Mystery waxes lyrical:
When I walk my fields I entertain fantasy visions of walking on a spongy mass of wriggling, ravenous microbes. It helps that my fields – or at least those I’ve had the management of for a couple of years – are in fact soft and yielding since they are rich in organic matter and living material so that even when bone dry they remind some of walking on a firm mattress.
He sees microbes and moo-cows as co-workers, a view we need to promote to those who see simplification as the only response to challenge. Complexity is almost always best.