Sunday, April 5, 2009

Drowned Worms :-(

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Worm Farm Lesson #1 - Always leave the tap open on a worm farm.

During the last 3 days we've had 218mm (over 8inches) of rain. Unfortunately it didn't even cross my mind that the worms might be drowning. And why should it, the collector tray is quite deep and has a centre mound... even the instruction manual says "It has been designed with a ‘mound’ in the centre so any worms that fall into this tray are able to climb back up. "
Lesson learned, don't believe everything you read! ;-)

After draining the tray, I left the tap open slightly and put a small watering can under it to catch any liquid fertilizer, and if it rains the watering can will overflow onto the ground!



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BevB

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Bev, I learnt exactly the same lesson very early on for the same reason. I now keep an icecream container under the tap and leave it on permanently.

Gav

BevB said...

T'was a sad moment finding all those dead worms! Nice to know I am not the only worm drowner out there Gav :-)

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BevB

Unknown said...

Bev you will have to teach your worms to swim, gee you are getting lots of rain we would drown if we got that much...Sister Mary x

BevB said...

Hi Mary,
We certainly are getting more than our fair share of rain. It's been a beautiful day today but more showers expected over the Easter break!
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BevB