When we find earthworms in our soil, that’s usually a good thing — earthworms increase nutrient availability and create a stable soil structure for plant growth. Not all earthworms are a good sign, ...

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 ...

They have no eyes or ears, but they’re an important feature for healthy gardens the world over. This week, we’re digging up the dirt about earthworms. * “Lumbricus terrestris,” or the common earthworm ...

When a gardener is working with soil, they are usually delighted to find earthworms — and there is good reason for that. Earthworms convert dead and decaying matter into rich soil. As they tunnel ...

Invasive Asian worms not only jump a foot in the air, creeping us out, but they gorge on organic soil nutrients, leaving ...

Red worms, or Eisenia andrei, are another type of worm known as epigeic. They live in the rich top layer of organic matter, above the mineral soil layer inhabited by endogeic earthworms. These little ...

These stripey wiggly worms, also called tiger worms, are just as adept at decomposing lots of matter in a short period as their non-striped siblings. Tiger worms are also very happy in more confined ...