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Where are the Worms?
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The Cook
01-05-2003 03:20 PM
Where are the Worms?
(IC_Gardener) wrote:
I just dug a new garden bed this spring, and I was amazed at the
amount of earthworms I found as I dug up the existing sod. But when I
dig in my existing garden, I find very few. My existing garden is
about 4 years old. The sod was stripped, the bed double-dug, amended
with peat moss, compost and sand. I have been growing in it every
year, adding lots of organic material. I don't use chemical
pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. I have even added worms to it
when I pick them up after rain storms.
I would think this would be a paradise for worms. Why do they prefer
the lawn?
IC Gardener
Iowa City, Iowa
Zone 5A
Nobody bothers them there?
--
Susan N.
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.
Larry Blanchard
01-05-2003 05:08 PM
Where are the Worms?
In article ,
says...
I would think this would be a paradise for worms. Why do they prefer
the lawn?
Think of the huge amount of decaying vegetable matter per square foot at
the bottom of a grass lawn. Compare it to the amount in your garden.
'Nuff said?
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