By Jim Conrad
Simply what's going one of the rustling rows of corn within the yard backyard? And simply who's cowering lower than the pansies? Gardens and flower beds might sound tranquil yet they're really levels on which one million hidden dramas spread. to work out them, we have to peep into holes and corners and glance underneath issues, simply because that is the place the timid cricket awaits night's darkness, the place thistles getting ready for invasion pack their parachutes, and the place the smaller scales of items turns roving centipedes into rampaging monsters. become aware of Nature within the backyard provides backyard existence, from flora and weeds to earthworms and moles, in striking aspect, with details on anatomy, nutrition webs, and ecology.
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If your earthworm is a Lumbricus, counting from the "nose," the last segment before the clitellum will be segment 31; segments 32 through 37 will be sheathed by the clitellum. If your worm is a pale pinkish Allolobophora, the last segment before the clitellum will be segment 26. This isn't nearly as easy as it sounds, unless you're willing to kill your worm and pin it down, which isn't recommended here; doing so would desensitize you to your subjectjust the opposite of our intended goal. " Yes, history of the world!
Calculate how many worms you estimate to be present in your garden or flower bed, at least to the depth penetrated by your shovel. Determine the size of your garden by multiplying length times width. Let's say that your garden is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, or 200 square feet. 25, of one square foot of garden surface. Using the basic algebraic ratio-and-proportion formula, you can figure out approximately how many worms are present in 200 square feet. 32 worms each. 32 worms, then 200 square feet of soil has X worms.
For example, most garden-supply stores and gardening catalogs offer compost activatorsusually powdered mixtures of dried microorganisms themselves, along with the nitrogen they need once they start multiplying. People who understand chemistry often save a little money by buying a bag of agricultural fertilizer, such as ammonium sulfate or sodium nitrate, and ''supercharging" their heaps with nitrogen. These chemical fertilizers make sense when you look at their chemical formulas: ammonium sulfate is (NH4)2SO4, and sodium nitrate is NaNO3.