tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602667202957690695.post6765108766404772094..comments2023-06-07T07:55:31.450-04:00Comments on Elite Garden Escapes: WormsElite Garden Escapeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800859283173434673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602667202957690695.post-80016319081867154322008-09-26T18:49:00.000-04:002008-09-26T18:49:00.000-04:00So nice to find your blog. I am a PA girl, now liv...So nice to find your blog. I am a PA girl, now living in CA.Pitt is my Alma Mater. <BR/> I am a landscaper now, and it is great to read about a gardener's adventures in PGH. I didn't get to garden much when young, but am making up for it now.<BR/> My CA yard was thin soil on volcanic rock and other rock. I had no dirt or earthworms. For 30 years, I have been getting the tree chippers at tree companies to dump all their chipped and shredded stuff on my property. I would spread it all around and cover the ground 6 inches deep. It rots down to just 1/2 in in time, so I keep adding all the time.I am totally organic and in the 30 yrs, I have now a good foot of loamy soil built & it is filled to the brim with earthworms.<BR/> Every shovel dig anywhere in my garden/yard will yield at least 3 worms.<BR/> Organic compost + h2O + organic methods - inorganic pesticides = zillions of worms. I never imported one.<BR/> Well, back to reading your blog.<BR/>Where do you keep your tropicals in winter? I may find out in further reading. Good luck.<BR/> and thanks for writing this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com