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 ...

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

Worms, kept in a bin of biodegradable bedding, feed on food waste and release castings that are nutrient-rich. Over a period of months, the castings combine with decomposed bedding and become ...

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, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Kitchen worm composting is something that isn’t limited to only warm seasons, explained Erica ...

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these slim, ...

I first learned about ‘in situ’ worm communities several years ago in fruit orchards. Farmers were using a combination of in-orchard and in-ground vermiculture (cultivating/farming of worms) and ...

If you live in an apartment or condo, perhaps you think composting is only for green-thumbers with vast yards and a lot of time on their hands. But the advent of worm-bin composting means that even ...