Books

Appledorf, Mary. Worms Eat My Garbage. Kalamazoo, MI: Flowerfield Enterprises, 1988.

Mays, Howard. Raising Fishworms with Rabbits. Eagle River, WI: Shields Publication, 1999.

Payne, Binet. The Worm Café. Kalamazoo, MI: Flower Press, 1999.

Articles

Boggess, Jay. "The Art of Small-Scale Vermicomposting and Ecotechnology." Worm Digest 1:16, 1997.

Frankel, Stephen. "Some Earthworm Science." Worm Digest 1:7, 1994.

Frankel, Stephen. "What Is Vermicomposting?" Worm Digest 1:1, 1993.

Frankel, Zorba. "Are You a Worm Person?" Worm Digest 1:17, 1998.

Frankel, Zorba. "The Bins We Create." Worm Digest 1:16, 1997.

Parker, Jennifer. "Young Researchers." Worm Digest 1:10, 1995.

Sauvage-Gorman, John. "Red Wigglers in the Privy." Worm Digest 1:8, 1995.

Slocum, Kelly. "Pathogen Reduction in Vermicomposting." Worm Digest 1:23, 1999.

Slocum, Kelly. "The Soil Food Web of Elaine Ingham." Worm Digest 1:18, 1998.

Slocum, Kelly. "Thoughts on System Feeding Rates." Worm Digest 1:23, 1999.

Slocum, Kelly. "Worm Biology 101." Worm Digest 1:5, 1994.

Smith, Kay. "Raising Earthworms with Rabbits." Worm Digest 1:16, 1997.

Videotape

Hatch, Warren A. Worm Bin Creatures Alive Through a Microscope. Kalamazoo, MI: Flowerfield Enterprises, 1996.

Web sites

Appelhof, Mary. Worm Composting Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2001 from the World Wide Web.
http://www.wormwoman.com

Red Wigglers. Creekside Gardens, Chehalis, WA. Retrieved 13 January 2001 from the World Wide Web.
http://www.wormlady.com

Sherman, Rhonda. Worm Publications. April 1997. North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dept. Retrieved 14 January 2001 from the World Wide Web.
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman/vermiculture/worms-pubs.html

Worm Digest. Retrieved 13 January 2001 from the World Wide Web.
http://www.wormdigest.org

Acknowledgements

Dr. Alma Roy, head of the Louisiana State Diagnostic Lab in Baton Rouge, LA. She showed me laboratory techniques for counting bacterial colonies on MacConkey's agar.

Dr. Rhonda Sherman, at the North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service.
I was able to talk with Dr. Rhonda Sherman over the phone. Her Web site, http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman/, was very helpful

Novaritis Company. The company sent me pamphlets on their products for cats: Frontline TopSpot, Interceptor, and Sentinel.

Phizer Company. The company sent me pamphlets on Revolution, along with a sample to use.