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 ...

Homeowners often discover strange creatures in their soil and wonder about their impact on lawn health. The term “lawn worm” refers to various species that inhabit garden soil, including both ...

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 ...