When we moved in here there were no worms either. We put thick layers of newspapers on the ground, thoroughly wet them then covered with bark chipping, lots of worms these days. We mulch with bark all the time, it breaks down into the soil......
My soil is acidic -lovely blue hyrangeas - and there is no shortage of worms. That's because there's no shortage of muck from clearing out the sheep shed, but they like the bags where I put the ground elder to rot down as well/
Hi! Unless your soil is less than 4.5 Ph, I don't think it will affect the worms being present. It must be something else...I rarely find mine but the birds certainly do
It's nothing to do with soil acidity @Greenjob , so don't worry They're there, but just where you're not seeing them - keep mulching and adding organic matter There was sod all here when I moved in, and it's taken a while, but it's changing now.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Nice one, thanks for all the advice. When I do catch sight of the worms I'll let you know. Last year if someone told me you can have acid or alkaline soil etc. and I'd be wondering were the worms are I'd be laughing.
It's that time of year, the worms have all gone deep as the soil is not damp enough, there are none to be found in my allotment soil just now, come the autumn when digging out the potatoes there are loads of very large ones!
But there are lots of medium ones in my brown grass rear lawn, two blackbirds spend their time pulling them out, then chopping them in pieces before eating them, the young must have flown the nest!
We have had four different days of torrential rain after months of drought, was digging some new potatoes yesterday, the soil is very fine so was down a spade and a half deep to get to them, our friends the worms had made an appearance deep down.
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They're there, but just where you're not seeing them - keep mulching and adding organic matter
There was sod all here when I moved in, and it's taken a while, but it's changing now.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...