Sit Spot day 1

My sit spot is my beginners garden in my backyard.
I went out intending to sit for 10 minutes and instead spent over 1 hour attempting an herb garden tower. Ya know the dollar store trendy ones? yeh.
I finally sat down and just watched everything.
Today was the first time i'd seen a monarch butterfly. I don't know if it was the same one but certainly they kept coming back to my flower space.
I chose, however, to focus on the flies.
So many flies. Why were there so many? Where are they coming from? Why so many in my yard? What were they attracted to?
From observation, they will land on anything from dog poop, to the compost soil, plants, chairs, tables, and so on. I couldn't figure out their purpose just from the fact they will touch base with EVERYTHING. What was their motive?
I know just the basics about flies, that they lay a bunch of eggs on stuff...
And how society tells us they are so gross and a nuisance. Is that it?
Certainly not.
After moving a few more things around, i discovered most of the flies were hanging out by my second compost bin. Somehow an old potato was very exposed at the surface, and they were swarming it. So i added some more dirt to cover it up.
Then I went inside to finally get some answers.
It turns out that bees get all the credit when it comes to pollination.
Flies are an important part of pollination as well as being pray for larger predators.
Not only that, but the abundance or lack of specific species can tell us if the land is imbalanced, either over grazed or even overloaded with pesticides.
But what really impressed me the most, was the fact that the fly larvae has such an important role in the ecosystem.
The larvae not only eat aphids, but also eat plant and animal decomposing matter that of course becomes more fuel for the soil and thus the plants.
What a big job!
I certainly have a new outlook and respect for our least favorite big-eyed, evil gesturing little insect.
I still wish they didn't want the food i'm trying to eat during picnics.