Last summer, Maine state horticulturist Gary Fish found himself fielding calls from distraught gardeners. “I’d pick up the phone, and they’d be crying, worried their gardens were going to be ...

Summer 2023 Kid’s Camp Earth, Rain, Wind, Fire and Health included sessions on one of earth’s amazing creatures, the earth worm. Lumbricus terrestris is the scientific name for the common earthworm.

They have no eyes or ears, but they’re an important feature for healthy gardens the world over. This week, we’re digging up the dirt about earthworms. * “Lumbricus terrestris,” or the common earthworm ...

Jumping” and “worm” are two words that don’t seem like they should go together. Just imagining such a thing is enough to personally give me the heebie-jeebies. The bad news: there is such a thing as a ...

These bizarre worms are probably coming to a backyard near you These bizarre worms are probably coming to a backyard near you World's Heaviest Earthworm Found, Then Killed World's Heaviest Earthworm ...

ATLANTA — Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root ...

Night crawlers are about as exotic as oatmeal, right? Actually, the common earthworms coveted for their composting abilities in gardens and as bait really are exotic to Minnesota. (Surprise! Oats are, ...

Earthworms are famous for their ability to regrow if they get cut in half, although this can only occur under certain ...

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Gardeners generally like worms in the garden because they’re such good (and free) soil aerators and fertilizer producers. But in a dry August, worms sometimes seem to be missing in action, even in ...