worms

EastTyrone

apart from buying them, what is the best/ easiest way of finding worms?

Timfy

Go out to a stretch of grass on a mild damp evening (you know, what we call a fine summers evening!) and "charm" them. Stick a fork or spade into the ground and give the handle a few sharp raps... with a few minutes the worms should rise. I have heard many reasons behind this, none of them particularly convincing but it does seem to work.

The easier method is to keep a compost bin. Seed it with a few worms and before long you'll have a thriving colony as well as some top notch compost! The compost bins work really well for brandling worms, those stripy red fellows that'll wriggle all day on a hook!

Octopus

Go out on a very wet night (the kind thats going to have the river in flood for the next few days when you'll want the worms) with a torch.
Walk around on the grass and you'll spot the worms on the ground. Don't shine the torch directly on them or they'll go to ground.
The worm is 3/4 way out of the ground, you'll need to trap the end of the worm entering the ground with your finger then grab the worm with your other hand. Gently pull the worm and he'll come out of the ground.

EastTyrone

thanks lads, and would use know were the best place is to get blackhead worms?

uch

Throw a Basin of soapy water onto your chosen patch of Grass, worms will surface after a few mins

goss101

+1 on the compost heap, i have some cow manure at home, real old stuff and i'd say there's easily 50 - 80 worms in each shovel full!!! everything from half inch to the big juicy lads.