Caution: Worms at Work

Now, because the wheat fields I was in today were so clean they were boring - I started to notice how much work the worms have been doing this spring. Check out this pic.

These piles of residue are called worm middens. Under each pile is a worm hole. Middens are used for protection of the night crawler and as a food source.

Middens can tell us a lot about the health of your soil. The more worm activity the better. The average moldboard plowed field has about 13 middens/sq m while a no till field has about 75 middens/sq m.

Next time your out standing in your field take a look and see if your worms are at work.