Drop your scraps in the designated tube, and voila, you have a flourishing garden. If you’re a city-dweller living in a small apartment, you probably don’t compost food scraps. Even with a countertop ...

Two of the most common earthworms found in our area are redworms and nightcrawlers. Redworms (eisenia foetida, also known as red wiggler worms) are shallow dwellers, living in the top 12 inches of the ...

We gardeners stand on our success. Literally. For bragging rights to our flowers, foliage and fruit, we start with what lies underfoot, the soil. Our goal: rich, crumbly, nutrient-packed, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Worms have traditionally been viewed as a gardener’s best friend. This is because they are important decomposers that help return organic matter and nutrients to the soil and ...

Not only do they look striking—as proven by the 15 vertical garden ideas below—living walls can actually make you healthier, both physically and mentally. Research has shown that air-purifying green ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Earthworms may soon have their own Facebook fan page if some worm worshippers have their way. “I had forgotten how good food could taste fresh from the garden until I was ...

HOUSTON — Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A vertical garden is a great way to add greenery to your small space, while still letting you fully invest in your gardening practices.

Plant walls, 3-D gardens, micro gardens. Whatever you call them, vertical gardens are all these and more. Unlike traditional in-ground garden beds that typically follow horizontal planes, vertical ...