Attract
earthworms to your garden
Just
like sleep-starved teachers and long-haul truckers, earthworms L-O-V-E coffee.
And you know what happy earthworms do to soil? Make it a whole lot richer!
"They're attracted to organic material like coffee grounds, and they help
distribute it through the soil," says Melinda Myers, a gardening expert,
author, and host of the How to Grow
Anything DVD set. A healthy worm population enhances the
quality of garden soil by stimulating microbial activity, churning the soil,
improve water-holding capacity and water filtration, providing channels for
root growth, and burying plant residue, according to the USDA.
For
optimal results, sprinkle your soil with a 1/2-inch-thick layer of coffee
grounds, says Myers.
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