Suggest that you add worms to your beds. They're wonderful for aerating, fertilizing and breaking down things like your wood chips. Over time, worms can rescue the most disappointing soil.
For real though I will check it out. Does adding worms help boost the colonies in the area? I would want to make sure they are a native worm I'd assume
Wisconsin Wonder Garden - I was born in Madison, but have lived in SE Michigan for many years. I was faced with really solid clay near the foundation of a house I had just moved into. I bought some red wrigglers from eBay (but regular earthworms would have worked also). I just sprinkled them on top of the soil and they did the rest. They had the old leaves from my red maple but nothing else. Those worms turned that clay into the most beautiful rich loam. I planted Burpees Kurly Kale at the back of the bed, with annual flowers in front. I never ever fertilized. The kale grew as a perennial in our area. It was active for 11 months of the year (as long as I pinched off the flowers in summer). I could still go out in January and cut fresh kale for dinner. The plants would appear to die back in February, but would return in March for years. Great food plant with no effort and good in our climate. The snow around my house also told the story that the small animals recognized that I never put down poisons on my yard. My yard would be the only one with the snow disturbed so that they could dig for nuts, seeds and whatever.
Yes worms for everybody. Greatest advise, I pass that on to everyone too. I am actually going to do that this week in my yard. I have clay soil. I hate it so so so so much. I’m done with it. Need natures help bad. I will get 10 boxes of RW and release. Can’t wait for the results.
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Suggest that you add worms to your beds. They're wonderful for aerating, fertilizing and breaking down things like your wood chips. Over time, worms can rescue the most disappointing soil.
We're in nature baby! Worms are everywhere!
For real though I will check it out. Does adding worms help boost the colonies in the area? I would want to make sure they are a native worm I'd assume
Wisconsin Wonder Garden - I was born in Madison, but have lived in SE Michigan for many years. I was faced with really solid clay near the foundation of a house I had just moved into. I bought some red wrigglers from eBay (but regular earthworms would have worked also). I just sprinkled them on top of the soil and they did the rest. They had the old leaves from my red maple but nothing else. Those worms turned that clay into the most beautiful rich loam. I planted Burpees Kurly Kale at the back of the bed, with annual flowers in front. I never ever fertilized. The kale grew as a perennial in our area. It was active for 11 months of the year (as long as I pinched off the flowers in summer). I could still go out in January and cut fresh kale for dinner. The plants would appear to die back in February, but would return in March for years. Great food plant with no effort and good in our climate. The snow around my house also told the story that the small animals recognized that I never put down poisons on my yard. My yard would be the only one with the snow disturbed so that they could dig for nuts, seeds and whatever.
Yes worms for everybody. Greatest advise, I pass that on to everyone too.
I am actually going to do that this week in my yard. I have clay soil. I hate it so so so so much. I’m done with it. Need natures help bad. I will get 10 boxes of RW and release. Can’t wait for the results.