Home composting is essential for serious gardeners. Affectionately known as "black gold", compost is the nutritious, loamy material you get from letting organic matter decompose. It enriches the soil ...

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, ...

When combined, icky, somewhat slimy worms and food waste can be beneficial. Sara Rittman, a volunteer naturalist at Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City, taught an annual class Saturday on using ...

Red wigglers from Will's Worms, a home-based business owned by siblings Will and Alyssa Hatanaka, ages 7 and 8. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler ...

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, ...

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 ...