Finished the Worm Farm on the weekend....
All that is needed is to line the base with some weed cloth, add the soaked coir block as bedding, some food & the worms... The only bits purchased was the barrel, latches, rivets & some washers... The rest was found around the house... 
Some 75% shade cloth was used for the air vents... The vents were framed with off cuts of aluminium I saved from when we had the louvres replaced... The hinges & flat used on the door were left overs from old cabinet & cupboards that have been recycled for the timber & accessories... 
The grate in the base are racks from a scrapped oven topped with some square mesh... The stand is made from an old phone table & some saved bed frame timbers... The tap assembly is from left over Irrigation supplies...... A start was made on the Worm harvester today...(Right) It shouldnt take much to knock up the frame... Pests...
Well, as you can see (left) the bread clips didnt do anything to stop the White Cabbage butterflys... I am thinking about cutting out little White Cabbage butterflys out of ice cream containers, as suggested on a gardening thread on the Simple Savings wed site, & hanging them over the plants most attacked by them..... The Caterpillar on the Right is on the Tahitian Lime... There were about 15 of them having a great little feast... They now all be Chook food.... Still havent found the Butterfly species they belonged to but the Lime comes first unfortunately for them...
Not to certain what sort of fungus this is that has grown around a Red Cabbage seedling... The plant appears not to be affected at all.... These growths have popped up a few times in the bed over that past few months... The Turnips shall all be harvested tomorrow... Not all of them are quite full grown but they need to come out due to having a mildew problem..They are in the same bed as the Cucumbers which I think are more valuable in the long run...
Babies...
I didnt get around to hooking up the Wetpot garden down the side of the house or setting up the 2 Wicking Barrels with more Strawberries & the Cape Gooseberries out the back... There is always later as end of year reports for school must come first...
The havested veg havent changed much this week....
Lettuce, Beetroot leaves, Orange Chillies, Turnips, Baby Carrots, Tomatos, Strawberries, assorted Herbs/Lime leaves, Beans, Eggplant, & 3 eggs a day...
Koo picked the Turnips in the picture by accident while trying to pick some leaves for the Girls.. Such is as they are all getting picked, blanched & vacuum sealed for future stews & casseroles tomorrow hopefully...
We also had 5.7mm of rain according to Weather Zone...
Thats about it for now...
Have a great one all....
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