They're slimy, and they come with a bit of an ick factor, but the use of the industrious and always hungry earthworm that gives kitchen waste a whole new life is catching on. Vermicomposting, or worm ...

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 ...

In college, Lynnea Pfohl accessorized her dorm room with an item more unusual than a mini refrigerator and a bunk bed. Her place had a worm bin where a pound of red wigglers turned Pfohl’s food scraps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

You might dump your kitchen scraps into the plastic composter at the back corner of the yard and forget about them, but those compost bins are often an inefficient way to reduce food scraps into ...

Rhonda Sherman, an extension specialist at N.C. State University, is a vermiculture and vermicompost expert. Sherman is also the president of the NC Composting Council. Juli Leonard ...