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 ...

With squirmy bodies and a high tolerance for dirt, worms and kindergarteners have a lot in common. This year, Liv Anderson's kindergarten class at Morris Jeff Community School is learning all about ...

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Red wigglers from Will's Worms, a home-based business owned by siblings Will and Alyssa Hatanaka, ages 7 and 8. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler ...

CINCINNATI — Finding sustainable solutions can be overwhelming but Katie Jacobs found that one helpful creature is wiggling around right under our feet. Jacobs, a recent college graduate, was working ...

We gardeners stand on our success. Literally. For bragging rights to our flowers, foliage and fruit, we start with what lies underfoot, the soil. Our goal: rich, crumbly, nutrient-packed, ...

Bill Abresch explains worm composting and Tonya Ashworth talks about organic gardening. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local worm farmer with Happy Daze Worm Farm Bill ...

Composting may be easier if you've got a big backyard, but it's also quite possible to compost indoors. One tried-and-true method is to employ the help of worms. “Worms are naturally part of the ...

In Hawai‘i, 20% of our trash is food waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. When dumped in landfills, food rots and produces methane, a greenhouse gas that adds to climate change.

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 ...