On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:49:55 -0400
Brooklyn1 wrote:

songbird wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
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any of the composting worms (red wrigglers, belgian night
crawlers, night crawlers, etc.) will break down leaves. many
northern forests are not home to worms unless they are brought
in by fisherfolks or some other means.

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Earthworms don't eat leaves, certainly not living plant leaves.
Earthworms eat and subsist on the microbes that compost leaves and
other organic matter...

You need to brush up on your earthworm knowledge. See
Benefits-Biological:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm

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Earthworms exist very well in northern
forests, they burrow down below the frost line, same as they burrow
deep on hot summer days.

They are considered an invasive species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi..._North_America

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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