Best of Rhode Island 2010 Editors' Picks

Okay, there's a yuck factor, but you don't have to watch. Serious organic gardeners know the value. Red Wigglers_the kind the Worm Ladies raise_are magicians. Two pounds (600 to 2,500 worms per pound in all stages of development) can process seven pounds of scraps in a week once they're going. A starter kit of these guys (or girls; they're hermaphrodites) includes worms plus bin and bedding.