Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Rocio Egio / For The Times) To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that's the question many savvy gardeners are ...

Volunteer Columbia hosted a composting workshop focused on the vermicomposting method, which utilizes the red wiggler worm species. The workshop was held by volunteers Jody Cook and Lindsey Smith.

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

Food waste — kitchen scraps, restaurant leftovers, and expired food that gets tossed out at grocery stores — decays quickly. That process generates more methane than any other material that ends up in ...

Someone preparing a bokashi compost bucket with lots of food scraps. - Guido Mieth/Getty Images By just looking at it, bokashi and worm composting (vermicomposting) might seem like similar ways to ...

Learn three ways to keep composting through winter for nutrient-rich soil ready for spring planting.

If you’ve ever peeked into your compost bin in winter and wondered where all the worms went, you’re not alone. Many gardeners notice their hardworking worms seem to vanish as soon as the cold weather ...