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from (Hugh Chaloner) contains these words:

I seem to have an almost total lack of worms in my garden - I've been
digging down to about 15 inches and haven't seen a single worm. Any
ideas why this might be? I'm new to this garden and the soil looks
fairly dusty and poor. Would I be rewarded by introducing some worms
from my sister's wormery - she has loads. Would adding some bulky
organic matter help?

Organic matter, yes. If worms don't appear after that, you *MIGHT* have
to introduce some, but I doubt it.

If the soil is (dry) dusty, the worms will tie themselves into little
knots to conserve moisture.

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