We'll have a small worm farm on display at the Montshire Museum Friday night and over the weekend. It's part of our Passengers Party, which celebrates all sorts of amazing creatures that are our fellow travelers on planet earth. Friday The presence of earthworms can't help but improve the health of your lawn or garden. Under the right conditions, they reproduce quickly - ten pounds of earthworms can produce two tons of kin in just two years. But if the soil is too acidic, the worms won't thrive.
Earthworms live in dark, narrow underground burrows.
They cannot tolerate heat and sun, so during the warmer months they come up to the surface only at night. Worms do not hear the way human beings can hear. But they are very sensitive to vibrations. For instance, they can sense the movement of a robin, bobbing along, looking for a high protein meal.