Jack Chambers held up a handful of rich, black compost. Hundreds of aptly named red wriggler worms were writhing within it. "These worms are made for composting," he said proudly, giving their Latin ...

We can buy commercially available ‘worm blankets’, sized to snuggly fit worm-farms or Gedye bins. Usually made of coir ...

Worms, kept in a bin of biodegradable bedding, feed on food waste and release castings that are nutrient-rich. Over a period of months, the castings combine with decomposed bedding and become ...

PORT ANGELES — In a way, worms are the wave of the future. The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center’s Culinary Arts program, where students train for hospitality industry careers, is installing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Composting food scraps at home with a "worm farm" is one of those things that sounds cool. But …. Aren’t the bins expensive? Will the food stink as it breaks down? Does this mean worms in the house?

Meggie Smith has never liked worms much — she’s just not a nature person. But now she’s letting about a thousand of the slimy creatures live in her Evanston garage. There, in a covered bin next to her ...

Organic composting has become increasingly popular, and one fairly straightforward way to accomplish it is the installation of a worm farm. Raising earthworms for composting or commercial bait, also ...

If any process can directly demonstrate the complex web of life and the mysterious cycles of death, decay and rebirth, it’s composting. Humans have been composting in one form or another for more than ...