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Gathering worms
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message from Rick McGreal contains these words: Someone mentioned a way to gather worms.... Something about a plastic sheet after rain? You've reminded me of something an American told me elsewhere on usenet,which I meant to try at home but forgot. She used a worm stick to fetch them to the surface. IIRC correctly the worm stick is something like an old broomhandle, sharpened to a point at one end and notched down one side at about 2 cm intervals. Jam the point in the ground, and run another stick up and down the notches to vibrate it. Let me know how you get on :-) Failing that, beg a sackful of old horsemanure from a local stable..some I acquired a while back and am only just putting to use, contain thousands of worms which must have been breeding in the luxury conditions. Janet. Hmmm - Interesting. When I was a kid, I had to raise a pair of chicks to adulthood as a school project. So I was always gathering worms for them, just for fun. IIRC - we sprinkled a little soap powder onto a patch of grass, and watered lots with the hose (on spray) until it frothed up then soaked in. Little buggers all came out within minutes. (Yes, we did rinse them after - oh they were clean!) Never seemed to damage the grass, but I wouldn't imagine it's a good thing to do all the time... I was kid - I wasn't concerned with THAT! But definitely YMMV. Thes. |
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