How Do You Attract Earthworms To A Garden?
If you have a large earthworm population in your garden, it’s a sign of soil health. Earthworms aerate the soil, and increase the humus content of the soil when they turn dead plant matter into earthworm castings. Furthermore, earthworms are a good food source for toads and birds, which also are beneficial to your plants. Attract earthworms to your garden and watch it thrive. Keep soil evenly moist. Earthworms perish when their moist skin dries out, but they flee their burrows when you flood them with water. The soil should have the moisture level of a wrung out sponge. Add a 3-inch layer of organic mulch over the surface of your garden soil. You can purchase bagged wood chips, but straw, grass clippings or chopped leaves are just as effective at attracting earthworms, which appreciate the cool, moist soil under the mulch. Bury your kitchen scraps under your mulch. Include any kind of produce trimmings, as well as coffee grounds. Earthworms will eat these treats and turn them into nutr
