There are over 7,000 known species of earthworms. Some are purple. Some live 22 feet down in the soil. Some are nine feet long. Red wigglers, Eisenia fetida, are found in the upper layers of soil rich ...

Worms are not native to North America. About 20,000 years ago, our continent experienced an Ice Age, along with Europe and Asia. The phenomenon decimated the worm population, with the only survivors ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to gardening, I encourage people to learn by doing. Sure, you should ask yourself tough questions at the outset — especially, for us urban gardeners, about how much space and time you ...

If your garden could ask, it would have only one thing on its holiday wish list: a worm bin. Experienced gardeners know that abundant harvests are fed by the health, makeup and diversity of their soil ...

Running scraps through the food processor speeds up the composting process. (Joe Yonan - The Washington Post) Running scraps through the food processor speeds up the composting process. (Joe Yonan - ...

Vv Acevedo reaches into one of the dirt piles that line the Arizona Worm Farm and pulls out a handful of dirt. It’s full of squirming worms buried just beneath the surface. Located near South Mountain ...