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This factsheet covers the description, biology, and management of the jumping earthworm, a common pest in North Carolina gardening.
Earthworms can turn food scraps into a soil amendment called vermicompost — worm castings — which increases plant growth and reduces attacks by plant diseases and pests. Vermicomposting is easy, involves little work, and can be done indoors or outdoors. All you need is a container, bedding, worms, and worm food.
This publication offers 6 lessons for a school curriculum on the importance of vermicomposting, setting up a worm bin, anatomy of earthworms and how to reduce waste and recycle. Lesson objectives an activities are provided.
This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains how to make a composting bin to house earthworms and recycle food scraps.
