I have employed hundreds of workers to transform my kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost for the garden. They work without pay and multiply like crazy. The workers are a hungry crew of worms -- ...

While many home gardeners compost traditionally with an outdoor pile or bin, fewer think of vermicomposting as a way to recycle kitchen scraps. Vermicomposting is a form of composting that uses worms, ...

Home composting is essential for serious gardeners. Affectionately known as "black gold", compost is the nutritious, loamy ...

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 ...

Learn how to vermicompost, including constructing a vermicomposting bin, adding worms, compost bin maintenance, and vermicomposting. My kitchen trash used to smell awful! Coffee grounds, banana peels, ...

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 ...

Judie Lilley’s yard is happy and healthy. She gives all the credit to her around-the-clock garden helpers – hundreds of red wigglers that turn kitchen scraps into what she calls “black gold.” In ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Judie Lilley’s yard is happy and healthy. She gives all the credit to her around-the-clock garden helpers — hundreds of red wigglers that turn kitchen scraps into what she calls ...

If fishing and gardening are popular in your region, starting a worm farm business could prove lucrative. Like any live-animal feeding operation, worms require special care. Start small with your ...