The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Worm farming, also known as vermicomposting, is a popular way of turning organic household waste into ... enclosed compost area where worms live and feed off food waste. The major benefit is ...

It is amazing what a difference a week can make in our environment of spring. As soon as the snow disappears, life reappears in the garden with gusto. Tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth, iris, along ...

Beneath the surface of our gardens, parks, and forests, an unseen army works day and night, sculpting the very ground we walk ...

Like much of India, Kashmir's soil has suffered under decades of chemical farming. The Green Revolution promised abundance, ...

Worms eat their own weight in organic waste, soil and minerals and ... Some people even keep them as pets, feeding them on kitchen scraps just so the worms can make them lots of lovely compost ...

We found 20% more earthworms in sites with organic compost (such as manure or leaf mould) than in sites without any compost. The use of inorganic compost didn’t have an effect on earthworm numbers. We ...

I love the thought of the ancient philosopher pondering the importance of earthworms in the soil food web as processors of soil organic material. Gardeners usually consider earthworms to be ...