Comments on: The Wonder of the Worm and a Cautionary Tale About Slugs http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Thu, 24 May 2012 06:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dagny McKinley http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/comment-page-1/#comment-57417 Dagny McKinley Wed, 14 May 2008 15:36:12 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/#comment-57417 <p>This was a brilliant blog. I knew about the importance of worms for aerating the soil and as you mention tilling the soil, but I hadn't sat down to thank them, or observe them. I took them for granted. What I loved most was the notion of the weight of the cattle above soil equaling the weight of the worms underneath the soil. I had never thought about the masses of worms that live under us.</p> <p>Dagny McKinley www.onnotextiles.com organic apparel</p> This was a brilliant blog. I knew about the importance of worms for aerating the soil and as you mention tilling the soil, but I hadn’t sat down to thank them, or observe them. I took them for granted. What I loved most was the notion of the weight of the cattle above soil equaling the weight of the worms underneath the soil. I had never thought about the masses of worms that live under us.

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]]> By: Tony Collins http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/comment-page-1/#comment-57397 Tony Collins Sun, 11 May 2008 19:40:56 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/#comment-57397 <p>I purchased a house 18 months ago whose garden had previously been used as an industrial site, with a great deal of compacted slag and old concrete. The soil is sandy over clay. I have since installed raised beds, fruit bushes, greenhouse, pond, fruit trees etc. The soil in the raised beds, which is now rich in organic material, is teeming with worms and rewarding us with plentiful vegetables.</p> <p>We are also planning to install a wormery, as compost heaps lose a lot of the good stuff to the ground beneath. The liquid generated, diluted ten to one, is an excellent feed.</p> <p>The lobworms you mention in your article make fine bait for fishing, by the way.</p> I purchased a house 18 months ago whose garden had previously been used as an industrial site, with a great deal of compacted slag and old concrete. The soil is sandy over clay. I have since installed raised beds, fruit bushes, greenhouse, pond, fruit trees etc. The soil in the raised beds, which is now rich in organic material, is teeming with worms and rewarding us with plentiful vegetables.

We are also planning to install a wormery, as compost heaps lose a lot of the good stuff to the ground beneath. The liquid generated, diluted ten to one, is an excellent feed.

The lobworms you mention in your article make fine bait for fishing, by the way.

]]> By: Mr Jesse Bridge http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/comment-page-1/#comment-57379 Mr Jesse Bridge Fri, 09 May 2008 22:01:33 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/#comment-57379 <p>I was born 1923. In 1930 we moved to the, then the "new town" of southall west and then outside of London. Built at eight houses to the acre we all had big gardens. The new Idea then was "no digging"! You could buy a push-along mini plough tool called a JALO. It would cut a small shallow groove. Just enough to sow seeds or plant a small plant.-----As they say--There's nothing new !!</p> I was born 1923. In 1930 we moved to the, then the “new town” of southall west and then outside of London. Built at eight houses to the acre we all had big gardens. The new Idea then was “no digging”! You could buy a push-along mini plough tool called a JALO. It would cut a small shallow groove. Just enough to sow seeds or plant a small plant.—–As they say–There’s nothing new !!

]]> By: Graham http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/comment-page-1/#comment-57378 Graham Fri, 09 May 2008 19:00:16 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/09/the-wonder-of-the-worm-and-a-cautionary-tale-about-slugs/#comment-57378 <p>lovely post Rob- only you could have thought of comparing the worm to the whale! But what about the New Zealand flatworms? I havn't encountered one in my garden yet but reports from neighbours suggest that they are not far away and that they are reducing the earthworm population in some areas at least- does anyone else have any up to date info on them?</p> lovely post Rob- only you could have thought of comparing the worm to the whale!
But what about the New Zealand flatworms? I havn’t encountered one in my garden yet but reports from neighbours suggest that they are not far away and that they are reducing the earthworm population in some areas at least- does anyone else have any up to date info on them?

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