Trying to improve my soil

The other day, a GoY member was complaining about far too many worms in the lawn... Wouldn't it be nice if you lived nearby and could collect the "spare worm supply" for your garden... :o)

... I've checked the GoY question ...

http://www.growsonyou.com/question/show/40099

and the member lives in Cambridgeshire... would be rather a long round trip to collect your worms ..all the way from Lancs.. Lol.

Yes would be round like a shot if it was near by.

Yes... and I doubt the worms would travel well by Royal Mail ... Lol.

I'm sure GoY members will have some good answers for you :o)

Its like the compost bin,with all the red brandling worms..you don't know how they get there,as they don't live in the soil in the garden..I'm sure once you get some decent stuff dug into your soil,the earth worms will do a Tommy Cooper too..just like that !! :o).

A fez full of worms... that's what you need :o)

You can purchase worms from 'wiggly wigglers' and other places, but think they will appear when you add some good rotten stuff, maybe some horse manure(usually free) added might help too.

Lol,Terra...the old ones are always the best !..Jokes,I mean :o))))

I had no worms last year and they have arrived as the soil has improved. I bet you can get them mail order though!

Thanks to all of you so they might appear by magic, clever things those worms. Think i will have to put the goodness back into the soil and hope for the best it worked for Sussexsarah I know you can buy worms for wormy bins but can you buy garden worms will have a look on the site thanks again everyone

You could try a fishing site as several mail order businesses sell ordinary worms to fisherman. Should be someone on the web.

Nice to hear you are making your borders wider. More plants and less grass can only be a good thing :)

Yes Hywell big borders more plants cant be bad

It's a hard life being a worm
Being eaten, being walked on, being cut in two, sorting out the compost bin, being posted and before tea must sort out all the garden soil, it's a hard life

Lol Jiffy :o)))

Hi Jiffy they could have a good life live by the sea but its not an easy life being a worm ,is it true they can live when cut in half. In fact i found one worm today not a fat juicy one very pale but buried again could see Joey the blackbird smacking his beak.

Have any of your neighbours got any spare worms you could have

You would have to be an early worm to catch them Lol !!!!!! Jiffy.

I've got lots & lots in the composed bin, they've bred like rabbits. the robin come to feed when i open the bin, hand feed him/her Great (not for the worm)

Dont really know the neighbours not lived here long cant really ask them for worms Might have a dig in Dads garden when i next go do you think they would mind leaving the Midlands for Lancashire

"Go west young worms" ;o) Lol.

If you add manure they will come. Well, not come after the manure they will come from the manure. Then every time you dig to plant after that just add a bit of amend, or every spring add amend to the top of your soil then a bark on top. Or add it at the end of summer and it will be decomposing over winter and all the nutrients from it will seep down to nourish spring bulbs etc. Good luck. Good soil is half the battle, that and regular and sufficient watering.

finding a few worms now must be doing something right