One of Lanette Sobel’s most trusted business partners is a worm. Actually, she works with lots of worms. They’re essential to her specialized six-acre farm in Homestead. While many of her agricultural ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Today's youth need to learn about money and responsibility. When I grew up in the 30s I had to gather the eggs each night, go down to the barn and throw down hay for the cows, split the wood for the ...

The Wednesday Corvallis farmers’ market has tables selling fruits, vegetables, honey and other trinkets and treats. Cynthia Dort’s table displays some more unusual items, including worms in bins of ...

These ideas celebrate what’s a little ‘gross’ - but actually very good - about worms in the garden, and supports adults to ...