Worms

[albaqwerty]

lots of dead ones on the pavements in my area.

Presumably they've been flooded out, but am wondering if there will be any effect on gardeners and farmers or are there loads and loads of worms?

Just curious.

[dustypuss]

Loads and loads of worms here :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[albaqwerty]

lol :-D

(I have strange thoughts at times, and was wondering if food-prices will go up due to the excessive rain and the lack of worms 'doing their thing in turning the soil')

[berniecuddles]

i have strange thoughts best not put on here tho.....!!

[albaqwerty]

oi, Cuddlyone!!
wot you saying?


Walking to the shops earlier, I noticed quite a lot of the things, which reminded me of an experiment in Biology (many moons ago)

There's a problem with bees and pollination
so was just innocently wondering if there might be a problem in the future with a lack of worms.

ps I like the computer game 'worms' :-D

[dustypuss]

HTH

http://www.landscapelife.co.uk/magazine/commonsense-gardening-after-the-flood.html

[berniecuddles]

you know...you know!

[albaqwerty]

a very interesting read, Dusty, thank you.

loved his comment about sharing the produce with other flood-affected neighbours.
Surely that's the nice thing to do?

[Peaspeculiars]

nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I think I'll go and eat worms...

This is quite a good article which explains the various benefits of earthworms to agriculture (although in New Zealand) so I guess the opposite would be true if a lot of the UK's earthworms didn't wear their arm-bands this winter...

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/resources/soils/biology/earthworms

[albaqwerty]

oooh, thanks Peas xx
(have you any idea how awkward it it not to call you Pease ? :o) )

Plus, I've now got an image of Earthworm Jim wearing water-wings!

I was really (well, not really) curious about what the soil would be like if it dries out and there aren't the little critters to turn the soil.

[Peaspeculiars]

Hee, hee - I think the farmers should perhaps ship in some of these 'Giant Gippsland Earthworms' to make up the deficit....

http://www.broadsheet.ie/tag/worm/

(I don't mind pease :-) and I couldn't find a picture of a worm in water-wings anywhere on Google, try as I might lol!) I always try and put worms back into the ground if they have been dropped by birds, the more the merrier xx

[albaqwerty]

oooh, they be big, I wonder if they've got teeth? :-D

[Peaspeculiars]

lol :-D