I managed to get a shot last night, not a very good one, but you can see about 20 worms in this 2ft x 2ft area and it was like this, and even more congested in the darker parts, all over the lawn.
Not sure if this has any bearing, but I cut the grass on Friday afternoon.
Excuse the moss, but if I remove that there'll be no green left
I would be tempted, if I came across a scene like that, to collect them and take them home. My garden is pretty much devoid of worms after a New Zealand flatworm infestation about 20 years ago. Took two years of hunting and have not come across another since but the earthworms never returned. I am rather jealous.
I tried to catch some for my raised beds, but these worms must have had super senses, as each time I tried to move in for the grab they shot back into their burrows
Yes, the lawn was wet, so you may well be right it being a contributing factor, though it has been wet many times before and there has never been the sheer numbers of worms as it was the other night.
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Hi everyone...and thanks for the feedback
I managed to get a shot last night, not a very good one, but you can see about 20 worms in this 2ft x 2ft area and it was like this, and even more congested in the darker parts, all over the lawn.
Not sure if this has any bearing, but I cut the grass on Friday afternoon.
Excuse the moss, but if I remove that there'll be no green left
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I would be tempted, if I came across a scene like that, to collect them and take them home. My garden is pretty much devoid of worms after a New Zealand flatworm infestation about 20 years ago. Took two years of hunting and have not come across another since but the earthworms never returned. I am rather jealous.
The blackbirds and herons around here wouldn't let that state of affairs to last for long
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Esspee and Dove
I tried to catch some for my raised beds, but these worms must have had super senses, as each time I tried to move in for the grab they shot back into their burrows
They'll soon find their way to your raised beds ........ or their offspring will
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, the lawn was wet, so you may well be right it being a contributing factor, though it has been wet many times before and there has never been the sheer numbers of worms as it was the other night.
Point taken re moving the worms