Either buy compost for propagation, or you can make it. With homemade compost, you know what is in it. Having good materials ...

A buried system like this one can still be useful outside of apartment buildings or in cities with compost restrictions.

The gardening season is also the composting season. Making your own compost — the dark brown, crumbly remains of decayed plants — is a great way to improve your soil, make use of garden waste and ...

Are you curious about composting, but unsure how to do it — or if it even makes a difference? May 29 is National Learn About Composting Day, so we asked Karen Mitchell, consumer horticulture extension ...

Recycling yard debris increases soil organic matter, improves nutrient and water-holding capacity, and feeds soil microbes.

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An invasive earthworm that can rapidly destroy soil and plant life has now been detected in Colorado, state officials confirmed. Known as the Asian jumping worm — or “crazy worm” — the species spreads ...

At first glance, a company that sells worms does not seem like one trying to change the world. But for Scott Kent, founder of the Franklin business Hungry Worms, his work is focused on something much ...

The Santa Maria Utilities Department will present a Vermicomposting Workshop for beginners, 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, May 2 at Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 E. Park Ave., Santa Maria. Attendees will ...