I was reading rootdoctors compost 100 before going
out to rebuild mine. My old compost looked great
and when I built it last june it had lots of worms.
But I found no worms....other stuff ants and centipeds
but no worms......
Puzzling this I went and dug a hole in my garden
(a generally wormy place) but NO WORMS?!
Panicing I went to the great leafpile that my neighbor
has put leaves in since before the dawn of time.
I figured if
anything had worms it would be there.....again NO WORMS
Do they fly south for the winter? I am kinda late
rebuilding this year....
where have all the earthworms gone.......?
No, they burrowed deep for the winter. Probably to nearly or below the frost line. In the spring they will come up again. Trust me, I'v gone thru this before too.
what a relief!
Have the worms come back to the surface for you yet? They are abundant here in central MO and I have to be careful when I move a pan or board so that the poultry don't get to them.
yes - they must have been on vacation.
lol!