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 Purchase:\\ 3 x blue plastic storage containers\\ 1 x lid\\ 5 x 15cm wooden blocks\\ Threaded tank inlet and washers
+Total cost: about 50 Euro (could have been cheaper but I had to shop at the inner city hardware store, which was an experience in itself as none of the staff spoke English. Trying to ask for / draw / mime a threaded tank inlet was like playing charades in the dark).
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-Total cost: about 50 Euro (could have been cheaper but I had to shop at the inner city hardware store, which was an experience in itself as none of the staff spoke English. Trying to ask for / draw / mime a threaded tank inlet was like playing charades in the dark).
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+A slight design flaw is that the bolts I used were very wide. I would have liked to drill the hole at the base of the tub, allowing the liquid to drain out the bottom, however the wide bolts created too much height, which would have meant liquid would be sitting in the bottom of the tub. So I went with a side drainage option, which will still mean that some liquid will get stuck in the bottom but it just takes a small tilt of the tub to drain it out.
+**Step 4**
+Stack the tubs on top of one another. Place the wooden blocks in 4 corners of the 2nd tub. These blocks create space between the food layer and the composting layer. Voila - your worm farm is almost ready.
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