Not everyone is blessed to have a large, sunny garden, but even if you’ve only got a postage stamp sized patio, you can have a vegetable garden by growing in containers. Contra Costa Master Gardener ...

Master Gardener Larry Steele holds red worm casting Lynn Ke.jpg Master Gardener Larry Steele holds a handful of hardworking red worms, which turn kitchen waste into nutritious castings. (Lynn Ketchum) ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

Experts are spreading the word about a homemade source of garden fertilizer: Worm poop. The Master Gardeners of Stanislaus County held a class on making vermicompost, as the stuff is called. It ...