Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one popular online lesson from 4-H, educators present worm composting, turning food waste into usable compost for the garden.

For some reason, this week's subject reminds me of an old schoolyard poem. You know, this one: "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle in your snout. They eat ..." Let's just ...

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 ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: I live in a condominium with a small patio where I garden. I don’t have a place for a compost pile, but am thinking about a worm bin. Can you advise on the best way to get one ...

This story was updated at Dec. 20 at 11:50 a.m. For most people, disposing of something means tossing it in a trash can — later, it magically disappears. But with composting, you're literally getting ...

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 ...

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, ...

Meggie Smith has never liked worms much — she’s just not a nature person. But now she’s letting about a thousand of the slimy creatures live in her Evanston garage. There, in a covered bin next to her ...

The end product of this work also varies. Bokashi produces pre-compost that requires it to be buried in soil to complete the decomposition, making nutrient-rich fertilizer in about two weeks. Worm ...

Mark asks: I have a worm composting bin in a shady spot in my backyard. It was working well for a while. Now I have cockroaches in the bin. Will they harm the worms? Should I try to get rid Tropical ...

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 ...

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 ...