<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973985529100174047.post2832979072292727852..comments</id><updated>2009-06-09T10:10:03.229-04:00</updated><category term='written by Donna'/><category term='travel'/><category term='spiritual'/><category term='simplify-frugal'/><category term='gardening'/><category term='pets'/><category term='being 60'/><category term='going green'/><category term='photos'/><category term='health'/><category term='travel-costa rica'/><category term='creation-nature'/><category term='newsletters'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Nature In Us: Free Natural Fertilizer</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thenatureinus.com/feeds/2832979072292727852/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3973985529100174047/2832979072292727852/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thenatureinus.com/2009/05/free-natural-fertilizer.html'/><author><name>Donna Watkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07275158327616370321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiI2u11g4nE/TZaQMlSjP8I/AAAAAAAAEio/AQQR62h_4Zw/s220/BrookgreenGardenFountain.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973985529100174047.post-679785959930804273</id><published>2009-06-09T10:09:38.776-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T10:09:38.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Listening to public radio over the years has sugge...</title><content type='html'>Listening to public radio over the years has suggested that non-native earth worms may be altering the ground surface ecology of our forests especially our northern hardwood forests.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since your present email I went on the web and searched &amp;quot;native north american earth worms&amp;quot; and got hits from university studies.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additional sites also came up saying non-native earthworms do not create problems though these statements do not seem to be associated with any research studies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please check these out: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/earthworms/index.html&lt;br /&gt;http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/nov/earthworms112408.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/forest/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;amp;_udi=B6TC7-4W3NY2K-1&amp;amp;_user=10&amp;amp;_rdoc=1&amp;amp;_fmt=&amp;amp;_orig=search&amp;amp;_sort=d&amp;amp;view=c&amp;amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;amp;_version=1&amp;amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;amp;_userid=10&amp;amp;md5=de8dba5b6cd53a758c2494b8a06f3df4</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3973985529100174047/2832979072292727852/comments/default/679785959930804273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3973985529100174047/2832979072292727852/comments/default/679785959930804273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thenatureinus.com/2009/05/free-natural-fertilizer.html?showComment=1244556578776#c679785959930804273' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thenatureinus.com/2009/05/free-natural-fertilizer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973985529100174047.post-2832979072292727852' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3973985529100174047/posts/default/2832979072292727852' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2033802192'/></entry></feed>
