crazy

[Deleted]

I think I need help,! when I was digging up my Dahlia,s I exposed lots of juicy worms. I found myself apologizing to them
and gently putting them back in. Have I flipped my lid
Joan

[4pygmies]

Um, well, worms are sweet I think. I hate it if I inadvertantly chop one in half and ALWAYS say sorry out loud! So that's at least two of us!

[Chuckles]

I often talk to myself when I'm in the gdn and to the birds, the dog, the plants, my tools, the grass, the GH, next doors cats, the good insects, the bad insects, the weather and anything else that don't answer me back ;D ..................yep I guess I'm CRAZY toooooooooooooooo.

;D ;D

Forgot the Fish aswell

[paul r82]

i hate digging up worms and always take care to safely retun them. they are so benificial to the garden.

Maybe we are all a bit mad, but hey as long as the garden looks good, who cares.

[4pygmies]

Actually maybe we're the sane ones - those people who don't communicate with other species/inanimate objects are the nutters..........

[Deleted]

You are not crazy i talk to a wounded blackbird that follows me round the garden when I'm weeding he is so close i could touch him if i move he runs under a bush, he is never far away.

[Chuckles]

4pygmies said:

Actually maybe we're the sane ones - those people who don't communicate with other species/inanimate objects are the nutters..........

Good point 4P I like that idea........must remember to take my last pill of the day before I go to bed

[andy]

If i dig up any worms, they go straight in the pond.....the koi love em

[4pygmies]

I've decided to take my medication in liquid form last thing every night BB! Sometimes it's just a tiny tiny (really tiny) glass of Port but other evenings I need a larger dose of Pineau Charentes. I find it easier to swallow than pills........

....Andy, WORM ASSASSIN!!

[Deleted]

Tom, you're the sensible one ... cheers ...

[Chuckles]

Perhaps tom was testing the water to see if we were crazy and we've now frightened him off .

Where not as mad as this all the time tom honestly, we do have some really sensible conversations, just go a bit daft sometimes.

Please come back

Anyway [glow=red,2,300]WELCOME[/glow] to the board crazy or not ;D

[Spruance]

If I dig up any - whole - worms, I put them straight in the compost heap. Otherwise Mr & Mrs Blackbird take care of any stragglers.

[Cheerypeabrain]

I was still under the impression that if I cut one in half by mistake it made two worms... yes I KNOW I'm sposed to be a scientist......but I did people not worms at Uni...I was GUTTED when I was told that a worm cut in two results in 2 halves of dead worm... I'm lucky in that my garden in FULL of the little sweeties...in fact when digging up all my dahlias tubers I found that worms really liked lurking in amongst the roots so had to leave them on the grass for an hour to encourage them out (had to pull the odd reluctant one out gently too....)

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tomstattyead said:

I think I need help,! when I was digging up my Dahlia,s I exposed lots of juicy worms. I found myself apologizing to them
and gently putting them back in. Have I flipped my lid
Joan

No Joan certainly not

I hate the thought of cutting worms in half when digging. I do throw any worms I find to the blackbirds or robins ;D

I talk to myself in the garden too - but thats because it's the only way I can get a sensible answer ;D

[Plocket]

Of course you aren't crazy Joan, especially at this time of year when unearthing them could make them cold!

[Chuckles]

Just found this..........................."No one's more important than the earthworm." - Gordon Haskell

[Deleted]

Whew!!!What a relief to know I'm not alone. Read somewhere that when you cut a worm in half only the top half grows again, true or false.
Joan

[sleepysunday]

False TT.

You can read all about worms here.

www.mun.ca/botgarden/plant_bio/compost/pdf/compost_leaflet7.php

Look for the True or False need the end of the article

[sleepysunday]

Whew!!!What a relief to know I'm not alone

There is an old saying with the Internet TT

'You are never alone if Plocket subscribes to the same messageboard as you do'

there is much truth in that old saying ;D

[4pygmies]

That link was interesting Sleepy - I never knew about baby worms and egg cases. But I'm still confused about why worms are hermaphrodite if they still need to mate (but then I did have a baby when I was 156 so not really clear about the facts re human reproduction...!). Just cos I'm a nosy old woman - where/how/when do you find all these links? Rita posts really diverse ones too. Are you some kind of virtual trivia fiend or have you tentacles of knowledge which extend far beyond the reaches of the rest of us?? Do tell

[sleepysunday]

It's called Google 4P. A wonderful tool.

Just go to Google.co.uk and enter the following (include quote marks).

"cutting a worm in half"

The link I gave was the second result

[Deleted]

I find that worms, other mini-beasts (especially the friendlies) and other wildlife make a whole load more sense than any non-gardening human and would rather have their company anyday ;D

Solution to worm decapitation - use a fork

[sleepysunday]

I think you will find that it all about stirring the gene pool 4P. Worms may be both male and female, but if they didn't mate with another worm the gene pool would stagnate. The genes wouldn't get mixed, and benefit from the mixing. The shy, retiring worm from the clematis root ball needs to mate with the cocky young dandy of a worm from the hollyhock patch.

[sleepysunday]

What am I doing... teaching a 43 year old mother of 6 all about the birds and the bees!!!!

[4pygmies]

Who's that then?? Poor cow - wait till she hits 50.....

[sleepysunday]

Oh, you're back on-line then. Where did you pop off to?

[4pygmies]

Trying to get some of my numerous offspring to sleep.....OH is deep in the land of nod so it's usually my job. My strenuous day out in the city means I'm tired too - there are actually hills in Norwich! I'm not used to them you know.....

[sleepysunday]

How old are they (all)?

[sleepysunday]

And I wonder how Sweetleaf is getting on.

[4pygmies]

In fact I only have one resident 6 year old here but I'm frequently invaded by my 2 grandchildren (4 & 1), usually when I've made big plans to garden. I'm actually an aging wimp who merely feels like she's been looking after children since before the flood...actually it is 25 years nearly - hell's bells! I think I need a holiday...

PS I just googled "cutting a worm in half" and got 1,250.000 references! Now that's quite interesting - what do you reckon are the chances of the last 3,000 being deeply strange and/or illegal??

PPS Been caught giving strange seeds to Dutchy and is now languishing in a Holland Hellhole....due back 2009 I hear.