Be Good to Your Worms
The Salt Lake Tribune reminds us that "bumpy lawns can drive some homeowners crazy. Even while acknowledging that worms are beneficial in the long run, many people ask how they can kill this lawn 'pest.' "
Boy, does that drive me crazy. People, a lawn with a good earthworm population is a healthy lawn! Be happy! Celebrate!
Seriously, if you've got time to worry about little tiny piles of earthworm castings in your grass, you have way too much time on your hands. Go volunteer somewhere. Spend more time with your grandchildren. Write a novel. Or even better--rip out part of that lawn and plant a nice time-consuming vegetable garden.
Actually, once piece of practical advice: set the blade on your mower a little higher. The taller grass will hide worm castings, conserve water, crowd out weeds, reduce thatch, and create a healthier lawn overall.
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posted by Amy Stewart @ 4/03/2006 09:22:00 PM
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Hell yeah!
Some of these anti-worm fussbudgets kill me. One of my friends, who was a naturalist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, was telling me about how her landlord was poisoning worms -- not because they made little hills sometimes, but because he didn't like robins coming around and pooping on stuff.
She didn't call him on it, since he was her landlord at the time, but boy, I was going, "Let me at him!"
It's like my husband said, "It's amazing what they do with all that ignorance out there."
Like your book, btw!
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