Some of you may not even know there is a bowling green in the village (in case this is you, behind the Manor Rooms next to the White Horse Pub) but if your name is Trevor Burrows you'll know that the green is enjoyed by more than just people, but to Trevor's annoyance, many, many worms too.



For some reason, worms really like the well kept soil and enclosed space. To worms, the green is a bit like the Hopkins development to humans, but a bit cheaper and far more friendlier to haemaphrodites.


Trevor is the chappy who, at 70, meticulously looks after the bowling green. His problem is (like people wanting to buy a house in Trowse) the worms find the soil just too desirable. This leads to worm casts (those little mounds) all over the place.


In a recent survey/experiment on the green, 38 worms of varying sizes were magically extracted from the green in a square metre of the soil. If projected to the full size of the bowling green, means that, well, there is a population of nearly 4 million worms on the green. Hence the problem for Trevor. Even if my maths is a little dodgy, the problem is huge.


The problem is not confined to Trowse either, as bowling greens all over the country suffer the problem.


Along came some people from the Norfolk Network, a group of funky people who's aim it was to link together people and scientists for some mutual benefit.


Through the network, a scientist (and specialist in worms) came to the rescue with a package of measures to help. This includes various organic compounds (some including garlic & lavender) so not only with the worms not be harmed in any way, they will come out smelling lovely. The newly perfumed worms will simply be whisked away to pastures new where they aren't such a pain.