The Earthworm - Nature's Fertilizer Factory

Dr Abe V Rotor

                    Giant earthworm; burrows and castings. University of Santo Tomas, Manila
 

Hades lives with you, he of spirit, you of flesh

And together in the underworld, stir imagination:

He of mythology and you of life's mystery,

Of death, of new life, of a new generation. 

Earthworms feed on dead leaves and other farm and garden waste, convert them into humus, a natural fertilizer. This biological process recycles the major elements, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium; the minor elements like Magnesium, Manganese, Sulfur; and the trace elements like Boron, Iron, Zinc. These nourish the current nutrient needs of plants, as well as other organisms - and those in the succeeding generations.