CHICAGO (WLS) -- Turning food scraps into compost helps reduce waste and put precious nutrients back into our soil. That's why composting is great for environment and for plants and vegetables.

Volunteer Columbia hosted a composting workshop focused on the vermicomposting method, which utilizes the red wiggler worm species. The workshop was held by volunteers Jody Cook and Lindsey Smith.

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 ...

Composting is a popular way to keep food waste out of landfills and create a natural fertilizer for houseplants and gardens. Worm composting takes advantage of earthworms’ natural ability to break ...

MAKAKILO, Oahu (HawaiiNewsNow) - Reduce waste, reduce the smell of waste and make nutrient rich soil. You can do all of these things with one simple tool. The worm composting bin. Zac Johnson owns Zac ...

Even those living in urban or suburban areas can embrace the homesteading lifestyle by starting small in their backyards.

Please don’t treat your soil like dirt. The drought underscores the importance of folding compost into your garden soil to hold onto precious water. Or use compost as mulch. Organic material can help ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Do worms like pizza? To students in Dorothy Stengel’s class, this is not an esoteric question. It is a matter of life and death. “They can have pizza but only the crust,” Eileen Leosa ...

Whitman College Campus Climate Challenge program. Barbara Newby has worms. About 200,000 red wigglers among four large bins are part of Newby’s Walla Walla Worm Works, a southeast Washington business ...

I've been reading a lot about worms and worm composting, and see there are many claims about the benefits of using vermicompost in gardens and houseplants. Is it true that vermicompost acts as a ...

Gardening classes: The Mill Valley Public Library offers free seasonal gardening classes most Saturdays and occasionally on Sundays. Call 415-389-4292 or go to millvalleylibrary.org. Garden club: ...

Red wigglers from Will's Worms, a home-based business owned by siblings Will and Alyssa Hatanaka, ages 7 and 8. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler ...