Worm party, anyone?

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | March 29, 2009| | Copyright

On a recent Sunday, at a lovely River Forest, Ill., home, was a party for its newest occupants: 1,000 red worms.

Friends and neighbors of Mary Susan Chen gathered to snack on macaroons, sip green tea and watch their pal get

set up with her new three-tiered worm bin. It would be in her utility room and naturally transform her kitchen scraps into rich, beautiful, black fertilizer - also known as worm poop.

Leading the party was Stephanie Davies, a sunny occupational therapist and part-time vermiculturist, who was sporting sassy pigtails and a pink and white jersey reading "Urban Worm Girl." She ...

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