You might dump your kitchen scraps into the plastic composter at the back corner of the yard and forget about them, but those compost bins are often an inefficient way to reduce food scraps into ...

Learn how to vermicompost, including constructing a vermicomposting bin, adding worms, compost bin maintenance, and vermicomposting. My kitchen trash used to smell awful! Coffee grounds, banana peels, ...

In vermicomposting, worms recycle food scraps and other organic material into a valuable soil amendment called vermicompost, or worm castings. Setting up a worm bin is easy. All your worms need is ...

In response to last week's column about Ventura County vendors of worms and worm boxes, I received two types of questions: 'Why buy worms?' and 'Why buy boxes?' The first question was from my ...

Impressed by compost's contribution to the soil, gardeners conferred on it the nickname "black gold." Even more beneficial worm castings could take the title "black diamonds." Just ask Larry Steele, ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two articles on worm composting. If you've wondered about disposing of your kitchen garbage in a worm box, the questions and answers that follow may be of interest ...

If you’re looking for a productive and child-friendly summer project, this just might be it. The Latin word “vermi” means worm, and vermicomposting is the process of using worms to create compost.

While many methods of composting work, vermicomposting — or using worms to eat your food scraps — reduces the risks of odors, flies and attracting other pests. You can buy worms at some nurseries or ...