I'm a master gardener and permaculture specialist, so I pay more attention to what's in my soil than most people. You probably don't give much thought to what's really in your topsoil, aside from ...

Homeowners often discover strange creatures in their soil and wonder about their impact on lawn health. The term “lawn worm” refers to various species that inhabit garden soil, including both ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It's almost time to dig your hands in the earth and start those gardening projects. While you're digging, you might run across a few wriggly friends. Worms have lots of benefits ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 29, 2019) A soil health monitoring study in England finds that an alarming 42% of surveyed fields are deficient in a wriggly measurement—earthworm populations. Over half the ...

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While many home gardeners compost traditionally with an outdoor pile or bin, fewer think of vermicomposting as a way to recycle kitchen scraps. Vermicomposting is a form of composting that uses worms, ...

If your soil is healthy, when you dig up a spade full of earth, you should see it full of life, especially worms, including nightcrawlers, endogeic earthworms, and many others. There are both good and ...