This last weekend was thankfully, a lazy one. Plenty of time to prune the old bug eaten leaves off of the strawberries (my obsession), weed and sweep the patio. As I was nearly finished sweeping up after Saturday morning's gardening, I heard a loud plop behind me. I was a little startled (more like intrigued) by the sound but even more startled at the sight of the largest night crawler that I'd ever seen. Seemingly straight from heaven, this enormous creepy crawler was nearly 7 inches long and thicker than a licorice whip. Normally, this kind of thing might elicit an, "ewww!" or two but as a gardener, I could hardly believe my luck. I scanned the trees above and found the likely source of my bounty, a nervous looking crow. I had stolen a meal from a crow chick! Yes!
It's not that I hate crows, or birds for that matter however as a Ballard resident who commutes to Fremont for his daily bread, I see a lot of them. A lot. Thus, my remorse over stealing a meal from a newly hatched crow (or ratbird as my friends like to call them) was quickly swallowed up by the joy of finding a living, crawling, fertilizer machine. As I put him in the planter, he took a few moments to get acclimated before beginning to furiously devour my rich soil. I hovered over (guarding against marauding crows bent on revenge) for nearly 15 minutes before the earthworm was completely underground. My lone regret is that I didn't snip him in half, because two earthworms are of course better than one.
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