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 Drill some very small holes (about 1/16") around the top of the containers to help with ventilation. Drill larger holes (about 1/4") on the bottom of 2 tubs. Space about 5cm apart. These 2 tubs are the interchangeable top layers of the worm farm. Both will drain liquid down to the 3rd level (and also letting the worms move up and down).
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-Out on the balcony, the old worm farm is full and overflowing. It was time to dig in, harvest out worm castings that were ready and put the rest of the compost in the new worm farm.
+Out on the balcony, the old worm farm is full and overflowing. It was time to dig in, harvest out worm castings that were ready and put the rest of the compost in the new worm farm. I added some shredded wet newspaper. Carbon helps balance out the rich nitrogen during the composting process. Worms love newspaper. I was told this via my permaculture teacher who spoke to a worm farming expert in Australia.
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-NOTE: If you were starting out a brand new worm farm, you would put food scraps on the top level, and once it was filling up and the food breaking down you would move that section to the lower level. This would allow the worms to finish composting the food scraps below, and allow you to start a new food layer on top which they will climb to when they are hungry. After a few weeks, the layer below is ready for harvest (more on harvesting soon).
-But we were moving existing worms and food compost at various stages of decomposition. I placed the ready castings in a separate container, I moved the food at a latter stage of decomposition to the bottom layer and added some shredded wet newspaper (as carbon helps balance out the high nitrogen content of the food, and this farm was getting a bit smelly - a sign to add newspaper!), AND I put the most recent food on the top level and found some cardboard to place on top. This keeps it moist and dark for the worms. They like it under cardboard or old hessian bags.