[PW] Carter's wormkiller, 1902

[Even Flood]

On 3/5/07, Edith Bailes <edieb at suscom-maine.net> wrote:
> Peter:
>
> May one ask why a gardener or groundskeeper might wish to kill worms, and
> which kinds of worms he/she might wish to kill?  Aren't earthworms
> essential to the health of a lawn?
> - - - -
>
> I'm not Peter, but I do know:
>
> People who maintain golf courses, in particular, want to kill the worms in
> the greens. Their castings mess the place up.
>
> For the rest of us, earthworms are very beneficial, and the castings are
> full of soil nutrients; sort of a concentrated fertilizer.
>
> Edie in Maine
>

Not always. In the latest issue of New Scientist, 3. march 2007 (vol
193, no 2593) there is a story about how allien earthworms are causing
great damage and actually destroying the soil. The story is "War of
the Worms" by Jessica Marshall, p42-43. One of the areas damaged is in
Minnesota.

Even

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