Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to boost your composting game with worms. “Vermicompost has higher nutrient concentrations than compost but lesser amounts of soluble salts,” explains Rhonda ...

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 ...

When you were young, you either thought that worms were gross or cool. Eventually, as you got older, you began to learn about the importance of worms, and I’m not talking about fishing. I’m talking ...

While many home gardeners compost traditionally with an outdoor pile or bin, vermicomposting can be a more compact way to recycle kitchen scraps utilizing the power of worms. Vermicomposting is a form ...

If you want to reduce waste and grow healthier plants but don’t have a backyard, composting is still possible.

Some grandmas do arts and crafts or bake cookies with their grandkids. Kim Ray of Londonderry raises worms. For several years, Ray has been learning about the little wigglers alongside her 9-year-old ...

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 ...

UCCE Master Gardeners of Amador County present VERMICOMPOSTING: Building Your Own Worm Bin on Saturday, November 8th from 9 a.m. to noon at GSA Building, 12200-B Airport Road in Jackson.