You think I'm just an insignificant animal?
So I definitely want to protest against that. Considering how diligent I am during the doable seasons, I expected a bit more appreciation.
Don't you know that I'm constantly taking care of and improving the soil of your garden?
In autumn, when the leaves swirl on the ground, I make sure that they largely disappear into the ground in our created corridors. Because we live on dead organic plant material.
Through the corridors that we dig in the soil with our mouths, we contribute to a more airy soil structure. This allows aerobic bacteria to live deeper in the soil. We provide oxygen in the soil, which promotes accelerated biodegradation of the organic matter. It consists of the metabolism of all oxygen-loving soil organisms. Both invertebrates and heterotrophic organisms.
The decomposition leads to the formation of humus in the soil.
