Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Rocio Egio / For The Times) To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that's the question many savvy gardeners are ...

Organic composting has become increasingly popular, and one fairly straightforward way to accomplish it is the installation of a worm farm. Raising earthworms for composting or commercial bait, also ...

To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that's the question many savvy gardeners are pondering these days, and for good reason: Worm castings — a.k.a. poop — are the nutrient-rich organic ...

It looks like rich, dark compost. It contains five times more nitrogen, seven times more phosphorus and 11 times more potassium than ordinary soil. It’s vermicompost – super soil produced as a result ...

Worms can compost kitchen scraps and shredded paper much faster than the aerobic compost process utilized in most commercial backyard compost bins. A vermicomposting (worm composting) bin can be built ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Everyone will think your worm collection is gross until they need some soil for their ...

Impressed by compost's contribution to the soil, gardeners conferred on it the nickname "black gold." Even more beneficial worm castings could take the title "black diamonds." Just ask Larry Steele, ...

This Earth Day, more and more local restaurants, businesses, and homes are paying attention to composting — not just for what it does — but for what it prevents. Composting helps keep the vegetable ...

Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find. The demand for composting worms skyrocketed ...