While experienced gardeners appreciate them for their soil improvement services, young gardeners will almost immediately classify them as fascinating critters that don't run away. Magnifying lenses Large leaves The Set Up Place materials at a table or on a lawn. Share ideas about how to be gentle with worm friends. Give one worm to each child that wants one. Where to Get Locate worms in lawns or gardens by finding small piles of soil called castings.
Castings are a soil and mucus mixture worms cast out from their burrows.
At a glance they look like small plugs of soil, but up close they resemble brown toothpaste extruded from a tube. Dig wherever you find castings and worms should be nearby. The drier and colder the soil, the deeper they will burrow. If worms are not available you can most likely purchase some from a bait shop, nursery, or neighborhood worm catcher. Care and Feeding A liter soda bottle with the narrowed section cut off makes a fine worm motel.