This story was updated at Dec. 20 at 11:50 a.m. For most people, disposing of something means tossing it in a trash can — later, it magically disappears. But with composting, you're literally getting ...

Worms. I’ve got a few. I split my time between a small inner-city apartment in Sydney, Australia, and a wild property that was once a farm, before it was abandoned in the 1970s, four hours to the ...

In response to last week's column about Ventura County vendors of worms and worm boxes, I received two types of questions: 'Why buy worms?' and 'Why buy boxes?' The first question was from my ...