Our cutting edge research on earthworms

When we tell people about our research project on worms they are never quite sure if we are joking or not.
Well we are not joking, most people are surprised to find out how many of the questions and advice we are asked for includes answers that suggests increasing the population of earthworms. Here are just a few to give you an idea
Garden drainage - earthworms help improve general soil drainage with all the holes and burrows they create
Soil compaction - earthworms help stop soil compaction by introducing organic matter into the soil.
Soil water availability to plants - earthworm holes and burrows enable plants roots to grow deeper in the soil and the organic matter incorporated into the soil by the earthworms helps supply water to these roots
soil texture problems - earthworms help maintain soil texture in areas of heavy annual rain fall and areas of heavy wear.

Currently research by most organizations on worms is being concentrated on the use of various species of worms to help breakdown organic household waste to recycle it as an useable organic compound and remove the strain on land fill sites by reducing the amount of waste that needs to be disposed of.

Our research is focusing on the production of inexpensive quantities of earthworms to be placed directly into the soil to help with plant growth, drainage, and general soil cultivation.
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Climate change - Time to educate people how to adapt

Its amazing to consider that every day we are being told that the UK as a small Island on the planet we can make a difference in controlling climate change. Although we might be able to set a good example our good intentions with regards to the reduction in carbon emissions are greatly over shadowed by actions of larger populations such as China and the US. Secondly mankind's largely successful efforts to control nature must now have meet there match with climate change and the universal forces that drive these constant ongoing changes.
With major climate change being inevitable within the next 50 years it is surely time we focused our efforts on how to deal with extremes in climate change and education on how best to live with these effects. In short we must learn to adapt to the changing conditions.
At GardenAdvice.co.uk we see the effects of climate change every day. The most obvious sign is the daily questions we receive from our members about such subjects as land drainage and new pest problems from pests arriving from overseas that seem to be able to survive in our changing climate.
GardenAdvice.co.uk response to this need is to make climate change education the centre of our schools garden initiative by extending our education remit to cover climate change by providing each school in the scheme with a weather station and educational material to help the students understand such subjects as ultra violet light levels, ground water levels and weather systems. With the ultimate aim of how to interoperate this information for every day living. Such as precautions to protect yourself on days with high ultra violet light levels.