{"id":55243,"date":"2017-05-18T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/want-to-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-charles-darwin-start-digging-for-worms\/"},"modified":"2017-05-18T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T10:01:13","slug":"want-to-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-charles-darwin-start-digging-for-worms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/want-to-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-charles-darwin-start-digging-for-worms\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin? Start digging for worms"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe all know what an earthworm looks like, but scientists have surprisingly little information on the worm species living in our gardens and allotments. Here\u2019s how you can help\u201cThere are few animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world than the earthworm\u201d – so wrote Charles Darwin in his best-selling book The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, which was based on his observations of earthworms in his own garden at Downe, Kent. Now, 135 years later, we still don\u2019t know how many and what types of earthworms there are in gardens, allotments, and other green spaces – despite their importance in creating healthy soil. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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