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 ...

Organic material will turn into compost on its own… eventually, but you can speed up the process with worms. Worm composting, or vermicomposting, can increase the time it takes to go from kitchen ...

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 ...

Worm or not to worm? The spring months in Missouri motivate us to rejuvenate our lawns and gardens after long, dark winters, and nothing sets your garden and plants up for success like vermicomposting ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rhonda Sherman knows worms. This wasn’t intentional — not really. In 1980, when she was in college in her native Michigan, Sherman chose solid waste management. She started out ...

Vegetable garden composting is a fantastic way of recycling waste. For your kitchen waste (cooked and uncooked), a wormery is the perfect tool. Let’s look at how to compost with worms and get the best ...

Heather Rinaldi is owner of Texas Worm Ranch, where nearly 100,000 pounds of compost are created each year by the company’s army of red wiggler worms. If you’re looking for ways to reduce how much ...

Editor's note: This is second of two articles on worm composting. Last week's column -- questions and answers on worm composting -- didn't quite cover the basics of that subject. Here's the rest of ...

Please don’t treat your soil like dirt. The drought underscores the importance of folding compost into your garden soil to hold onto precious water. Or use compost as mulch. Organic material can help ...

RAIN BARRELS: Workshop will teach the basics of rainwater harvesting, and participants will build a rain barrel. $50 per barrel. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Fire Station No. 7, 861 S. Independence Parkway, ...