Yes, Jimmy, that would have been a good idea. The worm population does seem to be healthy hereabouts (there was some scare here a few years ago, around the time I studied horticulture as a possible career, over the New Zealand Flatworm. I've only just returned to taking up buying a weekly gardening mag (I've not yet managed to motivate myself to start watching TV shows again) so I'm not up-to-date on it's effects, but it doesn't seem to be a problem here.
Being sure of not harming all the worms was another reason why I decided to leave covering the final third of the plot (the main being that it wouldn't now have a full six-months for it to do it's job in knocking back the perennial weeds, before late-spring comes around (when I'm thinking of sowing grass seed - if I can be sure of a water supply in case of a period of drought before it has time to establish - I'd use a drought-resistant variety, but it'll need time to get it's feet down before it gets tough enough to survive them). Autumn is a better time of sowing grass seed as you can be more sure of seeing rain at regular intervals. Maybe I should be extra-patient and grow a cover of clover or similar over next summer instead?
I did decide to leave the tops of what was there before (grass in the main) to die down and be something for the soil to re-incorporate, but a extra layer of manure or compost would of been ideal. Good old hindsight again, eh? :o)
Thanks, Jimmy. I've not yet come across them myself, although I did catch something on the news last week concerning new worries over more foreign flora and fauna being unnaturally relocated due to human transportation. Our (humankind's) negative impact on the world seems ever increasing, imho :o(
> You would then only have to collect and relocate to the other side of town.
Like what I'm currently doing with any snails I find (I just can't bring myself to squish these beautiful creatures!). Not so sure about introduced Flatworms though, as we have some native species (that were here long before us) that I feel we should be giving preference to - again, imho :o)
Best! Tim :o)x
PS. Btw, spam was the only reason I decided to change the settings to moderate comments. We were getting a couple sent each message :o(
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Yes, Jimmy, that would have been a good idea. The worm population does seem to be healthy hereabouts (there was some scare here a few years ago, around the time I studied horticulture as a possible career, over the New Zealand Flatworm. I've only just returned to taking up buying a weekly gardening mag (I've not yet managed to motivate myself to start watching TV shows again) so I'm not up-to-date on it's effects, but it doesn't seem to be a problem here.
Being sure of not harming all the worms was another reason why I decided to leave covering the final third of the plot (the main being that it wouldn't now have a full six-months for it to do it's job in knocking back the perennial weeds, before late-spring comes around (when I'm thinking of sowing grass seed - if I can be sure of a water supply in case of a period of drought before it has time to establish - I'd use a drought-resistant variety, but it'll need time to get it's feet down before it gets tough enough to survive them). Autumn is a better time of sowing grass seed as you can be more sure of seeing rain at regular intervals. Maybe I should be extra-patient and grow a cover of clover or similar over next summer instead?
I did decide to leave the tops of what was there before (grass in the main) to die down and be something for the soil to re-incorporate, but a extra layer of manure or compost would of been ideal. Good old hindsight again, eh? :o)
Best Regards,
Tim
Thanks, Jimmy. I've not yet come across them myself, although I did catch something on the news last week concerning new worries over more foreign flora and fauna being unnaturally relocated due to human transportation. Our (humankind's) negative impact on the world seems ever increasing, imho :o(
> You would then only have to collect and relocate to the other side of town.
Like what I'm currently doing with any snails I find (I just can't bring myself to squish these beautiful creatures!). Not so sure about introduced Flatworms though, as we have some native species (that were here long before us) that I feel we should be giving preference to - again, imho :o)
Best!
Tim :o)x
PS. Btw, spam was the only reason I decided to change the settings to moderate comments. We were getting a couple sent each message :o(
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