🪱💪 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 In his forest garden of just 800 square metres in the Scottish Borders, the late Graham Bell estimated he had about two tonnes of earthworms. Then he did the math. Two tonnes of workers is roughly the weight of 28 fit adults. Imagine having to feed them, house them, pay them, and tell them what to do and when. Earthworms just do it. Day and night: 🍂 They pull fallen leaves down into the soil 🕳️ They open channels for air and rain 💩 They turn waste into rich castings In a ploughed, bare field, most of them disappear. And then we buy machines and inputs to do the work they used to do for free. Graham estimated his worms helped build around 70 tonnes of new soil over three decades. So what do worms need? 🌿 Plants 🍂 Leaves and mulch 🌱 Roots that stay in the ground 🚫 And no digging or ploughing Stop turning the soil, and start feeding the surface. Whatever farm or garden you have. Here's a little experiment for today: dig up one spadeful of soil and count the worms. Do it again next year, and the year after. Hopefully you'll see a graph that only goes up. You can read much more about this in my new book. 📖 Read my book: 🇺🇸 https://books.by/louisdj 🇧🇪 https://www.standaardboekhandel.be/p/red-eerst-jezelf-en-dan-pas-de-planeet-9789020970616 In memory of Graham Bell, who taught so many of us to count our worms.

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🪱💪 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞   In his forest garden of just 800 square metres in the Scottish Borders, the late Graham Bell estimated he had about two tonnes of earthworms.   Then he did the math. Two tonnes of workers is roughly the weight of 28 fit adults. Imagine having to feed them, house them, pay them, and tell them what to do and when.   Earthworms just do it. Day and night: 🍂 They pull fallen leaves down into the soil 🕳️ They open channels for air and rain 💩 They turn waste into rich castings   In a ploughed, bare field, most of them disappear. And then we buy machines and inputs to do the work they used to do for free.   Graham estimated his worms helped build around 70 tonnes of new soil over three decades.   So what do worms need? 🌿 Plants 🍂 Leaves and mulch 🌱 Roots that stay in the ground 🚫 And no digging or ploughing   Stop turning the soil, and start feeding the surface. Whatever farm or garden you have.   Here's a little experiment for today: dig up one spadeful of soil and count the worms. Do it again next year, and the year after. Hopefully you'll see a graph that only goes up.   You can read much more about this in my new book.   📖 Read my book: 🇺🇸 https://books.by/louisdj 🇧🇪 https://www.standaardboekhandel.be/p/red-eerst-jezelf-en-dan-pas-de-planeet-9789020970616   #earthworms #livingsoil #nodig #soilhealth #forestgarden #foodforest #mulch #permaculture #saveoursoils   In memory of Graham Bell, who taught so many of us to count our worms.

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