Thanks, that's a great idea with the chickens - I have been making plans for eventually getting a few egg laying hens, and have thought about laying a thick layer of bedding to eventually compost and replace, but I didn't consider the arrival of the worms. Moving the fencing around to rehabilitate different parts of the property is a good plan too. The clay's like cement after baking in the sun. I have to give the wild strawberries in their strawberry patch credit, I didn't add much top soil when I put that garden in last summer and when I went to transplant more into the garden this spring the ground was hard as a rock lol, much work to do on the soil.