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Kay writes:
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| If your soil is that dry I am surprised you have any worms.

Dry-terrain tropical worms are adapted to irregular periods of
wet and dry; much like ours but much more so, and they can take
long periods of drought.

| But the resident oligochaetologist says that there will be earthworm
| coccoons, and you'll damage those, along with most of the rest of the
| invertebrates.

That makes sense.

| Breaking up the soil surface is your best bet (pick axe?)

An African hoe. They are made like that for a reason.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.