Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you have thriving plants ...

For many years, farmers and gardeners prioritized the chemical and physical properties of soils in which plants were grown over the biological properties of these soils. Thankfully, we have learned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated image provided by Bugwood.org shows a hammerhead worm on a leaf in India. The narrow, snakelike flatworm has a head ...

Dear Master Gardener: In Minnesota, we have been invaded by another alien species – the jumping worm – but out of curiosity, are earthworms a problem too or are they good for gardens? Answer: ...

Here's a promising get-rich-quick scheme for gardeners: It's called vermiculture, or worm composting, and along with super-sizing crop yields, it cuts water bills, conditions soils and repels ...

Early November found me digging my dahlias for winter storage. Finding handfuls of earthworms in the moist soil clinging to the tubers made me realize that I wasn’t the only one working in the garden ...

Home gardeners and commercial agricultural enterprises are increasingly integrating more natural and sustainable practices into plant production. Although chemical pesticides and fertilizers can ...

Some worms are a welcome sight to see in your garden -- but others you'll want to get rid of. Here's how to tell which worms help your garden.

Our back lawn looks like a football team ran across it in cleats, bringing up bits of rich, dark soil that slowly fade into the grass as it rains or they get stepped on. I couldn’t be happier. Our ...

Have you ever wondered: What do earthworms eat? Most of us learn in school that earthworms are good for the soil and help maintain a healthy ecosystem. They are also food for a wide range of animals, ...

Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root growth. They ...