Bug Census: How You Could Spend 31,000 Years in a Bucket of Soil

So, one way to test a healthy soil is to see how many worms and bugs you can find in a square foot of it. And the other day I decided to do just that. It was getting later in the day and the sun was going down but on a whim I grabbed a bucket and a shovel and started counting…

Here’s what I found: (um… the video above 🙂 )

Oh… and you want to know about 31,000 years? It’s a true story. Check out minute 3:52 😉

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Feature Photo Credit: Earthworms – By Will Merydith on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/merydith/4509559094/) under Creative Commons License – (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)