Foraging for worms

We had a considerable amount of rain this morning.  Based on the amount of water in our wheelbarrow, it looks like we received over 3" of rain overnight into mid-morning.  In a break in the rain, Wifey and I went out to check on the house perimeter (to see if here was anything alarming) and noticed the worms were out on the street escaping the water.  Keen to teach a life lesson and get the big kids outside, we offered to pay them to collect worms for the garden.

Worms are great for composting.  Worm "casings" (a nicer term than "poo") are fantastic for compost.  I've read some articles that say that one of the best ways to compost food scraps is to feed it to rabbits then take the rabbit droppings and feed it to the worms to turbocharge the composting process.

Anyway, the big kids enjoyed hunting for the worms almost as much as I enjoyed watching them do it.

They did quite a great job collecting the worms.  You can't really tell in the picture below, but that mass of worms was roughly 1/2" deep.  They are now broadcast into the side garden to spread their wormy goodness to the soil.