RE: Truth about soil: it's not just dirty

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Sadly Earthworms can be soil destroyers.

There are many different creepy crawlies that enhance the soil.

I live in North America. The last ice age wiped out the earthwarm. Other species took their place. The native composters produced rich loam that many find more nutritious that the clay produced by earth worms.

Unfortunately, people introduced earth worms. The worms reduced the quality of the soil. They also wiped out a huge number of species that had evolved to thrive on loam.

Earthworms are interesting. One should prefer native composters to imported ones.

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You're right about this . But that does not change the fact that Earthworms are very important to the soil, as they aerate the soil well enough to ensure the movement of water and nutrients.
I don't know about imported composters, so I think native composters works best too as they are natural and will relate with the soil well.

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You're right about this . But it does not change the fact that Earthworms are very important to the soil, as they aerate the soil well enough to ensure the movement of water and nutrients.
I don't know about imported composters, so I think native composters works best too as they are natural and will relate with the soil well.

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Loam is light and fluffy. It is better aerated than earthworm soil. When earthworms get into loam they end up compacting the soil.

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