And the Critters Go On and On...

Our earthworm home.



Do earthworms prefer bumpy or smooth? Warm or cold? Light or dark? Moist or dry? Turns out that for a critter with few complex organs, and no eyes, they do have senses...


Getting our garden ready for Spring planting. We have friends who live on a farm with ample room for a garden and too many vegetables for their own consumption. So we're share-cropping with them. Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, cantelope, pumpkins, peas, celery, carrots, zucchini, and lettuce.

Snail watching.

Turns out that if you get really close to a snail and it's really quiet, you can actually hear him munch when he eats! And this snail ate an entire piece of lettuce in about 20 minutes. They eat fast!

Alex kept this one and named him Slimey. He would take him out each day for fresh air and check on him every 30 minutes or so to put him back in his box because he'd always crawl? sneak? creep? slime? out. For a snail, this pet required a lot of maintenance. By the fourth day, Slimey ran away. Alex called and called, and left his box open with fresh lettuce, but he never came back. We miss you, Slimey!