Worm castings, commonly known as vermicompost, are a remarkable byproduct produced by worms as they break down organic materials, including dead leaves, kitchen scraps, and other organic matter. As ...

Butte County is best known for rice fields and orchards, but a family-run worm farm in Durham is carving out a unique role in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It may be hard to wrap your head around the garden value of worm castings — the waste produced by lowly earthworms. They're collected from ...

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 ...

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...

In the list of professions that children dream of, becoming a worm farmer usually isn’t one of them. It wasn’t either for Connor Freimuth of Chilton, yet that’s exactly where he landed. Freimuth, ...