In case you don't there is a wonderful company here in the UK that will post you live composting worms! Wiggly Wigglers is just that. After a long and very cold Winter here in the UK my kitchen compost bin is practically void of worms. I think they emigrated to somewhere warmer. There are usually hundreds in there.
The postmark on the package gives you a clue what's inside the parcel when the postman delivers it.
Nicely packed in a bag containing some dry compost.
One pound of worms! A mixture of different types of composting worms ready to munch their way through my kitchen waste and turn it into rich garden compost.But composting worms weren't the only wriggling thing I found in the garden this morning.
I went to pick this one up from the patio when one end of it appeared stuck to the ground...
A leech !!!! I have no idea where this came from, we don't have a pond and neither do any of the neighbours. I hope there aren't any more.. I am reminded of a scene from 'The African Queen' where poor Humphrey Bogart was covered in the nasty little critters. Does anyone know if this is a native inhabitant of a suburban London garden?