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 ...

Rhonda Sherman, an extension specialist at N.C. State University, holds a handful of worms from a worm bin in her two-acre Compost Learning Lab at the Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory on Thursday, ...

Worm or not to worm? The spring months in Missouri motivate us to rejuvenate our lawns and gardens after long, dark winters, and nothing sets your garden and plants up for success like vermicomposting ...

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 ...

Mike McGrath explains how to transplant a potted hydrangea to your garden, what conditions raspberries require to thrive, how much coffee you should add to your compost, the dangers of planting near ...

Please don’t treat your soil like dirt. The drought underscores the importance of folding compost into your garden soil to hold onto precious water. Or use compost as mulch. Organic material can help ...

The tale of the homemade wormery in a second-floor-flat continues... The worms are thriving, multiplying in numbers. Just don't ask about the flies... It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rhonda Sherman knows worms. This wasn’t intentional — not really. In 1980, when she was in college in her native Michigan, Sherman chose solid waste management. She started out ...