Many gardeners rely on compost to help improve their soils. Taking compost a step further, some gardeners use worms to break down the compost even more. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red ...

BONITA, Calif. — Paradise Found uses a type of farming called Vermiponics and Murals stacked four high. They can produce up to 110 pounds of leafy green vegetables a month. Ruth Jordan is the owner of ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

FAIRBANKS — I once inadvertently drank worm compost tea. To avoid this situation, never put the liquid from the bottom of a worm bin in a bottle. I had two bottles on the table while teaching on that ...

Wiggly worms are gobbling garbage at Saginaw Valley State University. The creatures, called red wigglers, are being used to digest hundreds of pounds of food waste a week from campus dining centers ...

An orange peel hits the trash—and just like that, valuable plant fuel gets tossed away. That moment happens every day in ...