I’ve started gardening recently and have been trying to set the yard up to turn the large dirt beds into some small hugelkultur mounds. During this I’ve been displacing many worms, and from research, many are probably invasive species. One big issue is that websites don’t have lists of native worm species, I live in America, so…it’s troubling as I frequently find worms I’m unsure what I should do with. Does anyone know of any sites I can use that may be evading search results or if I should just leave the worms be? I like them, I’m just worried if they are a strain on the native ecosystem.
I’d also love some tips since I’m very new, I’m actually living in a rented place and am pretty much left to do with the backyard as I please. Whoever lived here years back had laid down cover crops that I know can be replanted, I’ve identified mustard, green onions, red onions, and radishes. Is there anything I can do to ensure they can be grown to be eaten? I have limited resources at the moment so I’m mostly asking generally.
Lastly, I’d love aloe vera tips. The last resident left an aloe vera plant, I thought it was dead but it turned out only the mother plant had passed, there were pups hidden under the mother’s dead leaves. I’ve moved the pups into a terracotta pot and what I think is a ceramic pot, their previous pot had no drainage hole. How soon should I separate the pups from each other? I currently have no extra pots but I’d like to know how much I should worry right now about separating them.