Healthy soil is the foundation of any thriving garden, and you don’t need expensive compost or fertiliser to achieve it. […] ...

I have watched so many videos on YouTube about composting, using a tumbler, building an enclosure with pallets, or building ...

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.

For one square metre of soil, combine two buckets of compost with good handful of castings, pelletised manure, and blood and bone. Mix them up well and spread over the soil, adding a lop layer of ...

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 ...

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these slim, ...

Jay Baade, owner and worm farmer at Dr. Jay's Worm Emporium in Brattleboro, uses worms to make compost into nutrient-rich worm castings at his office in the Cotton Mill. Jay Baade, owner and worm ...

Stanley Switlik launched a worm composting project to tackle food waste from the cafeteria last October. By January, the students had a rich supply of worm castings for the school’s raised garden beds ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

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 ...