Worm Relocation Project

We took the pool down yesterday. After a few grey days with no solar heating, the pool was a nippy 60 degrees Fahrenheit (about 15 degrees Celsius). The pool set-up was considerably easier and more fun than take down, although the kids did enjoy splashing in the pool when it got down to 12". After a few hours of draining, drying, sweeping and folding up the pool we removed the ground sheet. There were oodles of earthworms of various sizes that had taken residence under the pool. The kids took it upon themselves to relocate them to holes in the yard (thanks to our energetic puppy). They played for hours, trying to keep the worm families together, starting worm schools, carrying them around...