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Nature keeps circle of life going with predators, prey
I have this vision of an ideal garden: It rains twice a week in summer — including July and August — so I don’t have to water, with a perfect balance of predator and prey, and no diseases, with woodchucks, rabbits and other wildlife skipping merrily …