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• Grubs and Composting

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  Of course you don’t want grubs in your compost, but you also want to avoid killing the beneficial red worms that create the compost. How can you get rid of grub worms without doing away with your productive red worms? For starters, you might be ok with letting nature take it’s course. Do not treat your compost ...
  6 days ago

• Earthworms slithering back with new CD

  
  The Blender — Authority: 483
  Earthworms cover art Earthworms are coming back. The popular St. Louis hip-hop band will release its next CD “Midnight at the Capricorn” on Dec. 26. The album features Earthworms collaborating with Nato Caliph, Percee P., Steedy P., and Hi-Fidel, and production from DJ…
  6 days ago

• Keeping Earthworms As Pets

  
  Lively Gardening Blog — Authority: 135
  Imagine having a pet that does not bark at all hours of the night, use the toilet on your favorite carpet and make a complete mess of your garden. Well earthworms can be a savior for your garden! Granted, they are not the most cuddly pets, but they certainly are interesting ones. Keeping earthworms can be a very ...
  1 week ago

• What Causes Worms to Die?

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  Although small and very easy to miss, worms are a very powerful force in our environment. They play a major role in helping the earth’s trees, plants, fruits, and vegetables thrive. Worms do several things for the earth. They aerate the soil, which means they dig tunnels in the soil, which allows air to get to the ...
  1 week ago

• Frogs Love Autumn Leaves

  
  Frogs Are Green — Authority: 408
  The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold —from the song Autumn Leaves Recently we had a post about how “messy backyards” help wildlife. Since I wrote that post, I came across a wonderful article, “Leaf litter is an Environmental Windfall,” by Master Gardener Vera ...
  1 week ago

• Mealy Worms

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  The mealy worm, also called “mealworm” or “meal worm,” is a type of bait for fish, reptiles, and birds. The mealy worm is the most popular type of bait worm, along with another worm, appropriately referred to as the “bait worm.” The mealy worm is the larva of the mealworm beetle, which is a species of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to Repel (Not Kill) Earthworms

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  If you consider earthworms a “problem” in your garden or backyard, there are several possible ways to keep them away without killing them. The reason earthworms should not be destroyed is: these tiny little creatures help keep plants, crops, and trees alive. In fact, they help keep earth’s plants vibrant and ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to Get Rid of Grubs without Harming Earthworms

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  Earthworms are the most important creatures on earth. They play an important part in fertilizing the soil and they also help with oxygen and water flow into the soil. Earthworms excrete tons of castings (excrement) each year, which is a powerful fertilizer. Just think, 25 earthworms per square foot of soil equal 1 ...
  3 weeks ago

• British earthworms pushed out by European species

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  Octagonaltailed worm or Dendrobaena octaedra is one of the most common British earthworms but is facing a turf war with European species because of climate change.
  3 weeks ago

• Peanut Worms

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  There are an estimated 300 to 500 species of peanut worms in existence today. A peanut worm, phylum Sipuncula , is shaped like a cylinder or peanut, but it still has worm-like movements and habits. Much like earthworms, peanut worms prefer to live in moist, dark places. Many peanut worms burrow themselves under rocks ...
  3 weeks ago

• Web Worms in Pecan Trees: Can You Safely Remove them on Your Own?

  
  All About Worms — Authority: 125
  Whether it’s a web worm or a pecan weevil, killing pests—any kind of pest—in pecan trees can be tricky as many chemicals and pesticides that are meant to kill worms and pests can actually kill beneficial earthworms living in the soil below. Earthworms play an important role in helping the earth’s trees, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Creepy Halloween Recipes for a Super Scary Party

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 144
  There are a number of recipe sites online and if you don’t want to invest in a creepy Halloween recipes book, then you can usually find a great number of excellent recipes online. The ability to do a search can narrow down the types of Halloween recipes to what you want, dairy free, sugar free or healthy Halloween ...
  4 weeks ago

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