They arrived early on a Tuesday morning in a cardboard box. “1000 Red Worms,” read the label in large letters printed beneath the USPS tracking number. Return address: Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm.

Not any old worm will do. Red wriggler worms are the preferred creepy crawly for worm composting. These redworms love to eat organic food waste, and you’ll often find them chowing down on manure ...

It's a no brainer," he said. The red wiggler variety Cherry Fan, a worm farmer who owns TriCity Worms, says 90 per cent of her customers are new to this form of composting.

Worm composting, or vermicomposting, turns food waste into worm castings that are great for garden soil. Here's how to start worm composting at home.

In-site worm composts are small, typically one to 10 gallons in volume, which is very small compared to standard open composts. For that reason, I have one in-situ compost in each raised bed in the ...

One of the volunteers at the gardens, Helga Auld, said earthworms are useful in growing gardens. There are more than 100 ...

I have 1,000 worms living in a bin in my basement, eating the fruit and vegetable scraps from the kitchen, along with eggshells, coffee grounds and tea bags.

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 ...

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Composting consultant Lynn Fang said she’s also had good luck ordering from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm in Pennsylvania, which sells about 1,000 worms for $55.