She's known as Lake Highlands #1 Worm Rancher.

Lucky for us she's also a great gardener and has agreed to impart some of her wisdom to the masses.

Whether you recognize her name, or know her by her worms, Heather Rinaldi is no stranger to LH Today.

She's been providing us with gardening tips, educating us about compost and sharing her worm wisdom with our readers since March of 2009.

That's why we're so excited that she's agreed to team up with us officially, by contributing a monthly gardening column for us all to enjoy.

We were first introduced to Heather in the spring of last year during a Vegetable Gardening Educational Series that took place at the Lake Highlands Community Garden.

It was around the same time that readers and gardeners alike began hearing about her organically produced Vermicompost and Worm Wine.™

In the fall of 2009, we interviewed Heather to learn more about her Red Wiggler composting worms and the important works these worms do.

It's their poo, you see (probably better described as an "organic amendment" or "castings") that's extremely beneficial for our gardens, houseplants, and landscaping needs.

Heather became so interested in the process she launched her very own business, the Texas Worm Ranch, to promote the practice of vermicomposting.

You can read the full interview here.

Last summer we were lucky enough to get a few helpful gardening tips from Heather, as well.

In July and August, Heather shared planting tips, helpful resources and even recipes with our readers.

You can read those articles here and here.

And the best news? There's more to come!

Beginning tomorrow, with her March article, readers can now look forward to enjoying her column on a monthly basis - complete with organic recommendations, pest prevention tips and those popular recipe recommendations.

We're excited she's agreed to contribute, and we know our readers are, too!

Look for "Back to the Garden" by Heather Rinaldi - coming tomorrow to the homepage.

For more information about Heather and her business, visit her website at http://www.txwormranch.com or her blog at http://blog.txwormranch.com.