Blake Lenoir wrote: I could try it around my crops to give them extra moisture and aid worms to strengthen the soil system. How beneficial it is to have worms operating in our soil and around our roots?
Native worms don't live everywhere, and many parts of the country are reeling from major environmental change from traveling fishermen who toss their worm buckets into wormless forests.
Even in areas where worms are abundant, they aren't always where and when you need them. I always add them to my compost pile, and make sure some of them make the trip from the pile to the garden bed. There they process leaves and grass in the mulch layer, making those nutrients more available to growing plants. Their tunnels also aerate the soil, which allows more nitrogen to reach legume root nodules, and helps water percolate more easily through the substrate.
