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 ...

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 ...

A worm composter, or wormery, can turn your kitchen food scraps into fantastic fertiliser for your house plants and garden. Compact, smell-free and faster than normal composting, a wormery harnesses ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Worm composting is a great way to do your part to help the environment. It could take a couple tries to really get the 'worm machine' devouring your fruits and veggies. If you're committed and seek a ...

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 ...

KOCHVILLE TWP. — Three Saginaw Valley State University students and a professor have found a way to make composting fast and simple. May SVSU graduates Jason Haubenstricker, Douglas Butterfield and ...

Worms can compost kitchen scraps and shredded paper much faster than the aerobic compost process utilized in most commercial backyard compost bins. A vermicomposting (worm composting) bin can be built ...