Gardeners and farmers have traditionally used worm castings for fertilization alone.

Worms are powerhouses of the compost pile, but you can make their job easier by feeding them the most ideal kitchen scraps. Here's what to add to your compost.

Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red wiggler worms to break down compost, food scraps and other organic materials, creating castings -- a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer that improves ...

The power of non-native worms can be harnessed for good through vermicomposting: marshalling worms to eat your scraps and produce castings ...

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.