In a small Spangle workshop, immediately off of U.S. Highway 195, thousands of worms are slowly burrowing into their new home, nestled cozily under heated blankets with as much food as they could ever want.

George and Patti Anderson are deploying these spoiled annelids for their up -and -coming business, aptly named Spokane Worms, selling soil amendments, chicken treats and live worms for any purpose.

But how does a couple in their 60s stumble into farming a vat of worms in the first place? For the Andersons, it all started two years ago, when George Anderson, 68, booked the ticket for his very first worm conference.

“It’s one of those quiet interests I wouldn’t want to tell anybody because I didn’t want to get laughed at,” he said. “But it wasn’t a passion thing. It was, how does this

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