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I have just moved house and inherited a beautiful cottage garden. BUT not a worm in sight. How do i introduce them and will they survive a chalk soil.
I had 38 species of birds visit my last garden that i created over 20 years. I have only spotted a couple of blackbirds, robin and wren in this one. Food out boxes up. Desperately need worms !
Advice please.
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Mulching with lots of home-made compost and well-rotted farmyard manure will encourage them back in as natural a way as possible.
We have shallow free draining gritty loam over chalk - when we moved in here three and a half years ago the soil was dry and dusty and there wasn't a worm in sight. Now, with lots of home made compost and farmyard manure there are lots of fat worms, as well as frogs, toads, hedgehogs, birds, grass snakes .... etc etc etc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Farmyard manure is the way forward
Many thanks
Think we need some pics of the garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Will do when its sorted .
Wigglywigglers.com sell worms by weight, quick delivery, all worms lively and healthy on arrival
On the case thank you pink lilly. If anyone wants pollinating bees recommend beepol. Lovely quiet bees with fluffy white bottoms.
A bit worried about worm welfare will they be ok if i distribute into top soil ?
Worms pull down dead organic matter from the surface to eat. If there is none, they will move on or die. Simples.
I had really rubbish clay soil in the garden that I moved to a couple of years ago and didn't find a single worm. Ive been adding mulch to improve it, then I got a bag of worms last year and just set them free on top of the soil and they went about their business. this year when I turned over the flower beds....worms everywhere, they seem to be thriving