Earthworms

[gojiberry]

It is possible to bring worms to the surface and several birds do it very effectively by stamping their feet up and down which simulates rain. The worms will usually rise to the surface when it rains. I have just started digging a new lottie and ther are hardly any worms at all and yet there is plenty of manure in the soil, There are a couple of reasons for this one is the ground has been covered with black plastic and the other is the the population of moles which love earth worms. I don't have to worry about the soil being airated as it is just a complete maze of tunnels underground.

Ian

[Two_Sheds]

Then why do I feed my wormery with old kitchen scraps? I know that the worms need the matter to be decaying a bit but they certainly get down the mound of stuff I put in.

They be brandling worms (aka compost worms).

Dylan (and I) is talking about earthworms.

[Snadger]

is it true that if you stamp on the ground the worms come up to the surface?

What you have to do is wait for the full moom, strip all your clothes off, hold your left foot up with your right hand and hop around the garden or allotment perimeter three times in each direction singing "worms , worms, come my way, won't you all come out to play?".
Guaranteed to get you plenty of worms *And a visit from men with white coats*

[Dylan]

What you have to do is wait for the full moom, strip all your clothes off, hold your left foot up with your right hand and hop around the garden or allotment perimeter three times in each direction singing "worms , worms, come my way, won't you all come out to play?".
Guaranteed to get you plenty of worms *And a visit from men with white coats*

Wooo! It's going to rain tonight!

[Alison]

They be brandling worms (aka compost worms).

Dylan (and I) is talking about earthworms.

Ah yes, fair point, serves me right for trying to be clever!

[Digger Don]

We have had very few worms ever since the dreaded flatworm invaded our garden. They must be some of the most disgusting fauna to exist in the soil. They wrap themselves around ordinary worms - exude some horrible gunge and dissolve them.
Apparently they come from Australia and New Zealand the former like the warm south of the country, the latter seem to emigrate to Scotland.
I am surprised that there appears to be no control method available .
If I do find a worm whilst digging I now tenderly bury it again whereas I used to throw them to the hungry robins.

[coreopsis]

I heard about New Zealand worms-they sound horrible to me.
As for worms attraction-I always dig a hole in the ground and put kitchen scraps in,water well,cover up with topsoil and water again.Keep this place moist,after a few months turn the soil over.Lovely fat wormies and hardly anything left from the scraps.

[Two_Sheds]

As for worms attraction-I always dig a hole in the ground and put kitchen scraps in.

I tend to mulch with big sheets of wet newspaper (whole newspapers, actually).
When I come to dig them over for planting, there are always lots of worms underneath, and the soil is really moist.

[Florence Fennel]

What you have to do is wait for the full moom, strip all your clothes off, hold your left foot up with your right hand and hop around the garden or allotment perimeter three times in each direction singing "worms , worms, come my way, won't you all come out to play?".
Guaranteed to get you plenty of worms *And a visit from men with white coats*

Now that I'd like to see, you selling tickets?