I've heard from some people that they believe adding worms to their garden helps the soil, I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any truth to that?
healthy garden critters That's what I was thinking but I figured I might as well double check! Any other little critters you recommend for a healthy garden?
Earthworms...aka. night crawlers. They can be ordered thru garden centers, online or bought at bait shops. I don't know if you need to find out if they will grow in your soil, but you could ask around. Contact a local college ag dept and see if they can tell you.
There are beneficial insects but you usually add those in the spring. Ladybugs, lacewings, etc. I know in Prescott Home Depot they had them in the garden center in little bags of soil. You put it in your garden and let them hatch out. The soil in Arizona is pretty alkaline so you may want to get yours tested or buy a test kit and do it yourself. You may need soil adjustments. The garden centers can tell you about it. dooley
I'll probably have to get a test kit, my backyard is very different from most of the dry desert backyards... some how it's managed to grow an enormous pine tree haha.. so hopefully I can still get some of those critters to adapt. I wonder if it will be to hot and dry here for them though?
Check your home depot and see if they sell them. It was hot and dry in Prescott and they sold them. We always had ladybugs in Mayer and Black Canyon City. dooley
I don't know if this would be true for Texas and the hot southwest, but in my garden a real worm magnet is leaves (leaf mold). The more leaves I can collect the more the worms multiple in them. There is something about moist leaves that really encourages worms.
Great, I'll have to head to the bait shop for some worms. Might have to take a few hours off for fishing though
Very nice, not that there's much of a fishing environment here in Tempe, AZ. It should be called Carping out here haha.
It's a very dirty lake, I barely let my dog swim in it. I mean I could definitely fish it, but I wouldn't want to eat anything out of there. Haha
It's really not a lake at all. It was a wide spot in the Salt River where they put a rubberized liner and built a dam to catch some water for it. It's supposed to bring in tourist. It's been a laugh since day one. dooley
