Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Earthworms In The Garden



Earthworms are nature's first gardeners? Some Earthworm Facts Earthworms are present in nearly every kind of soil but the more fit the soil the bigger the numbers. A healthy soil authorizes lots of air and moisture, each of which are required by the earthworm for a continued existence. Earthworms have no lungs like you or me but instead breathe thru their skin. They also need moisture to help them in respiration but too much moisture isn't good for them. Garden Worms : five to seven inches long and found frequently in damp soils.

Red Worms are three to four inches long and the most generally available. Why Earthworms in the Garden? A garden without earthworms would miss all the great benefits that they bring to it. Their first job is to until the soil by tunneling thru it.

Tunnels made permit air and moisture to pass simply thru the soil, making a healthy environment for plants. Tunnels keep water the plants can take up and also hold air to help bacteria break down organic material in the soil. After digestion earthworms produce excrement about the dimensions of a pin head.

Accelerating Earthworm Population in the Garden How does one go about augmenting the quantity of earthworms in their garden soil? Well the only way to do so is to add more organic material to the soil. Earthworms can't get too much of the stuff.and will seek it out wherever they can find it. The earthworm is just as critical to the garden as the gardener that maintains it because they until the soil and add a soil conditioner in the shape of castings.

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