Watch out for the jumping worms hiding in Oregon soil

Watch out for the jumping worms hiding in Oregon soil

They look like earthworms, but these invasive worms are devastating to Oregon's soil.In a small community plot at Salem’s Sunnyside Gardens in October, Kathy Arnold crouched beside her Swiss chard last October. She turned the soil with a gardening fork until she unearthed what she was looking for.“Here’s one,” Arnold said. “He’s very wiggly.”She picked up what looked like a typical earthworm. It began twitching and thrashing in her palm.“They’re…