Rhonda Sherman, an extension specialist at N.C. State University, is a vermiculture and vermicompost expert. Sherman is also the president of the NC Composting Council. Juli Leonard ...

In a world increasingly driven by eco-consciousness and sustainability, innovative solutions are emerging to address our environmental challenges. One such solution is vermicomposting, which ...

Vermicomposting is the process of using vegetable kitchen waste from meal preparation and other organic materials to make a really fine soil amendment and letting red wiggler earthworms do all (most) ...

In this video, Mike G explains the composting process and its importance in reducing food waste. He shares his own food scrap ...

For years, I hot-composted our kitchen and garden waste. Every Saturday, I turned the compost piles with a pitchfork and wet them down to keep them decomposing. As my children grew older, I ran out of ...

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...

SEATTLE — Composting is a great way to keep your food scraps from ending up in a landfill while delivering nutrient-rich soil in return. It sounds great, but if you’ve ever tried composting, you know ...

Master Gardener Larry Steele holds red worm casting Lynn Ke.jpg Master Gardener Larry Steele holds a handful of hardworking red worms, which turn kitchen waste into nutritious castings. (Lynn Ketchum) ...

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