🪱 Happy #EarthwormDay!
No kidding, they deserve a dedicated day, do you know how crucial they are to #soilfertility?

♻️ #Earthworms transform organic compounds (i.e. dead leaves) into molecules available to plants 🌱

🛠️ Their activity helps to structure the soil, aerate it, mix the different layers and facilitate water infiltration

➡️ Earthworms modify soil's physical, chemical and biological properties, they are ecosystem engineers!

#WorldEarthwormDay #soilhealth

21-Oct: To mark #WorldEarthwormDay, here’s my review of *the* book on the subject: Charles Darwin’s final masterpiece, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms’.
#HisSci #NatureWriting
http://friendsofdarwin.com/reviews/darwin-earthworms/
Book review: ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms’ by Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin's wonderful final book.

The Friends of Charles Darwin