Nature is ancient, but surprises us all

Here's another article that reminds me of the famous lyrics from Bjork:
"Nature is ancient, but surprises us all"

Here's an excerpt and a link to a BBC article about how trees and other plants communicate with each other through an underground fungal network akin to our internet (and probably much more refined and sophisticated).

As a result of this growing body of evidence, many biologists have started using the term "wood wide web" to describe the communications services that fungi provide to plants and other organisms.
"These fungal networks make communication between plants, including those of different species, faster, and more effective," says Morris. "We don't think about it because we can usually only see what is above ground. But most of the plants you can see are connected below ground, not directly through their roots but via their mycelial connections."
The fungal internet exemplifies one of the great lessons of ecology: seemingly separate organisms are often connected, and may depend on each other. "Ecologists have known for some time that organisms are more interconnected and interdependent," says Boddy. The wood wide web seems to be a crucial part of how these connections form.

On our farm, we always inoculate seeds and seedlings with mychorhizal fungi, knowing that this will help them absorb nutrients from the soil, and stay healthy in general. It may seem a lot easier to spray a pesticide when you have problems with your plants, but in the long run, that pesticide will disrupt or destroy much more than your intended target, and as such weaken your entire growing environment. Eventually, your environment will lose its resilience and you will have no choice but to rely on pesticide. Which, may be good for the pesticide manufacturer, but not for you. So if you grow food, or garden, or grow flowers, or even a lawn, take care of your soil and all its unseen life. It will take care of you in the long run. Don't kill or weaken it with toxins and poisons. Because, eventually, what you do to the soil, what you do to the water, and the air, you do to yourself. 

Peace