Earthworm Castings .JPG Earthworms are beneficial to healthy lawns. They tunnel through the soil consuming the soil, digesting the organisms and excreting the remaining soil.

Worm castings are rich in mineral nutrients, and people even purchase worm castings for fertilizer. Earthworms tunnel in the soil and aerate it, which also is beneficial to the lawn grass.

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these ...

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.

Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin, an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells.

Interestingly, the worms are very tidy with their castings, preferring to rise to the surface to do their business on top of the soil rather than underneath the surface.