Sunday Yardening

[ysabetwordsmith]

First round: Planted two smooth asters and two northern sea oats in the wildflower garden.

Second round: Planted two short's asters, a wild quinine, and another flower in the wildflower garden.

Transferred four more worms to the barrel garden.

Also today I'm making sloppy joe mix, so that's where most of my energy is going. 

Comments

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Worms!

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I regret that I forgot to do this earlier. Earthworms are an important part of healthy soil. I am very happy that I have so many of them in my yard and gardens.

On the bright side, they reproduce quite rapidly in any favorable environment, doubling their population every month or two until they reach carrying capacity. So it should not take long for the barrel to achieve a healthy supply of earthworms, now that I have remembered to add a few. :D

Re: Yes...

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I tend to relocate earthworms from under potting soil bags and any other places they gather where I've shifted them.

One night I was very confused, as it wasn't windy and yet I was hearing rustling dead leaves. Earthworms were dancing. Until I registered what I was seeing in the streetlight glow, it was a touch disconcerting.

Re: Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I tend to relocate earthworms from under potting soil bags and any other places they gather where I've shifted them. <<

I do that too.

>> One night I was very confused, as it wasn't windy and yet I was hearing rustling dead leaves. Earthworms were dancing. Until I registered what I was seeing in the streetlight glow, it was a touch disconcerting. <<

Wow! Yes, they do that occasionally, but most of the time they come up it is when the ground is very wet so there is less sound. My grandfather used to water the lawn in the late afternoon, then after night we would go out to catch worms for fishing. It worked.

Re: Yes...

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I suspect that the ground itself was moist but the leaf litter (I've got a maple, so there is cold composting happening) had dried out enough to hear. It was late enough that the street was very quiet.