WORMS!!!!

We had quite the downpour yesterday ....

for the entire month really ....

our local Weather Bug (my daughter's old elementary school) says that we have gotten nearly 3inches of rain this month ....

this of course means we have standing water in the corn fields and can't get out into it to till in the clover ...

but it also means great fun for the kids!

The proper effect of the rain was to thaw out the ground ... of course the bad thing is that it has become saturated - so much so, that the worms - who have now waken up - can not live in the soggy soil ...

so the driveway was littered with great gobs of jiggly, wiggly, writhy worms ...

just laying there waiting for some kid to come along with a container of dirt to grab them up for fishing ...

which, of course, my son obliged them ... not wanting them to feel their message was unheard ... and plopped them into an old yogurt container with some potting soil/seed starter and leaves in it (you have to give them something to eat, he explained) ... I'm wondering if I shouldn't throw in some egg shells too ... maybe some used coffee grounds - food which I know they like.

Well the fun has ended - and hopefully his worms survived the night in the green house (they are NOT going into my food fridge, thank you) - because the temperature last night dropped to 34*F ... since the greenhouse isn't completed yet (it still has a long way to go, and it will take longer at this point) it gets REALLY cold during the night - in fact, there isn't that much difference from the temp outside & in, even with the tarps lowered over the doors.

and today - we are supposed to have a mix of rain & snow ...