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Love your soil and the worms in it, and everything else will follow!
Learn how to attract more worms for a healthy, thriving garden.
In this video, Ben gets his hands dirty (and his elbows, shirt…) and gets stuck in where the action truly happens… under ground!
Here is the secret life of worms that usually goes unseen beneath our feet. With lots of close-ups of worms, this may not be for the faint hearted, but we hope you learn to see their beauty!
Make friends with these marvellous little creatures and they will certainly return the favor. Your garden will thank you for it!
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I myself have tons of them in my backyard and feed them with manure.
Thanks for the information.
How do you combat New Zealand flat worms?
We started a worm bin last fall as a school project, and I'm excited to add the casings and liquid to my plants this spring!
what is the purpose of empty bottles inverted onto the stakes? near end of video, tia.
Thank you : )
Great info thanks
I use tobe a worm farmer, if the weather is going to really cold to protect your worm bed cover with cardboard or old carpet
Can we feed the worms with like oatmeal? How would I do that if I can.
I started a worry this year with just 100 store bought tiger worms and to date I have one of the fastest compost bins ever I love the worry and every bit of veg matter from the kitchen or garden docent go to waste ,, I love em
do i need to add worms to a compost bin/bag i've just started? Or do they just find their way there?
How have the Beeb not signed you up?
Great stuff!
Worms absolutely love my compost bins as it gets at least 3 litter boxes full from my Rabbit each week! Shredded paper, timothy hay and of course the poops!!!!! This goes on the Veg Garden in Spring, mid summer and Fall. Oh, and because I live in Canada I line my Fabric Pots with a base of this for my Cannabis Plants and they love it!
@GrowVeg – I have seen quite a few stories recently about the Asian Jumping Earthworm infestation in the USA that is damaging the ecosystem in many forests. Most of the people writing about them indicate that on a net basis, all worms have an overall negative effect on natural plant ecosystems, not just the Asian interlopers.
Every later fall, I place 1 inch of shredded cardboard and 4 inches of compost on my no dig garden. And every year I have an abundance of worms.
My garden area started as clay soil that had been covered by landscaping fabric for years. I've since removed that and placed raised garden beds on top of the clay soil and filled them with nutrient dense soil. I don't think I've ever seen a worm in my garden area and I think it's because the soil was so badly treated. I'd like to introduce worms but if I do, what happens to them in the winter as we are in the high desert and the ground does freeze? Will they borough down far enough in the hard clay or will I find a worm graveyard when the ground thaws? I want worms, but not dead ones.
I like that tree at the end.
What's your experience with isopods? I feel like they are a double edged sword. They can eat anything, which is nice, but also potentially damaging. They were eating wood chips, autumn leaves, and vegetable scraps. Sounds really beneficial, but if they lacked a food source, they would scavenge live plants. They killed my seedlings a few times before I knew what was causing it and they damaged the stems of my tomato plants. I still think the worms benefitted immensely from them because I think the worms were eating the isopod poop.
This is really helpful, thank you!
You kinda look like Alton Brown lol
Hi Ben. I hope this post reaches you as I would just like some advice regarding my earth worms. I am currently replacing my 1 foot raised beds (no dig) with 65cm high versions (fell in the garden and broke two ribs on the raised bed frame). Having made my 3m x 1m x 65cm high raised beds, I am now filling them with the earth and compost of my original beds. However, in doing so, I am also lifting large quantities of earth worms – some as long as 8 inches. Sadly, some are being damaged by the shovel even though I have broken up the soil with a fork. My question is having made my worms move house, will they survive and carry on their beneficial use? Thanks – keep up your good work
I noticed my plants really love wood chips! Especially now with May ☀️
The soil at my home is dead due to decades of neglect and no one planting anything or watering. I cannot find any earthworms to buy. All I can find are "red wigglers" which are described as composting worms. They are not the same thing as regular earthworms are they?
I would like to comment on your suggestion not to bag grass clippings. That is how things were done here, and all it resulted in was a badly thatched lawn and no earthworms in the soil. I do not understand why so many (government agencies especially) say to leave your grass clippings on the ground. Over a very short period of time, this just builds up an awful layer of thatch so that neither air, water, or nutrients get through to the grass roots.
For my “wild” worms, we covered all bare soil with 6-8” of arborist wood chips and replenish twice a year. In my veggie beds, we have in-ground worm farms that allow worms to come and go from the buried bucket. We feed the bucket organic matter all season. I just harvested the buckets and restarted the worm farms in time for fall and winter. Then I have nine outdoor worm farms where worms work all year to produce castings and four indoor worm farms that do the same. This year, I harvested my leaf mold for the first time and am now using it as bedding in my worm farms. They love it!
~ Sandra
I adore worms i have ever since i was a little girl and they thrive in my garden and compost binxx
I remember asking my dad why he always used a fork on the garden and never a spade; he said, "It's good manners."
Yep. A spade is a very sharp blunt instrument. It pays to be polite and kind to those little wiggly dudes!
Hello rk
Great video thanks, I'm a new gardener, I like using molasses, both in my raised bed and compost bin, the worms seem to love it, can't remember where I saw that tip.