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Golden Brown
Jan. 7th, 2012 09:48 pmIsn't this a good story?
The other day I noticed that all the worms had congregated in the bottom tray of the worm farm. It was hot, though, so I decided that was the worm way of keeping cool and thought no more of it. Particularly as the following day was cooler and they had moved back to the other trays. Today, though, I was feeding them and noticed that the bottom tray was full of maggots. Ick. I'm not squeamish as a rule, but a tray of writhing maggots certainly does give one an unpleasant thrill. Obviously something was up the other day.
So I spent the first part of today finding out how to remove maggots from worm farms. The answer is bread soaked in milk. Maggot love milk, it turns out. And once they've infiltrated the bread, you can put it out for the birds to have a lovely snack. Good to know, but I hope I don't have to put that knowledge into action ever again.
I also read that sprinkling lime in the worm farm is bad for maggots/good for worms, although not why. Still, it can't hurt, so I did that too. I had to go to Bunnings to get some lime. While there, I found that they have a special on KIDS HANGING STORAGE SOLUTIONS, which turned out to be a sort of fabric tube shelf that hangs from a hook, rather than, like, a box of nooses.
Once all that excitement was over, I went to the annual antiques and collectibles fair with my mother. She has recently become obsessed with Bargain Hunt, so we had to pretend we had $300 to spend and pick three things to buy with it. We found a silver sweets dish with snake handles for $55 (perfect for the Slytherin in your life), a little marcasite brooch shaped like an elephant for $35 and a porcelain toast rack for $90. I'm glad it was only pretend money, because I think the toast rack was over-priced.
There was a military antiques dealer there with medals and regalia and such. And very new-looking enamelled swastika hat pins. Hmmm.
The other day I noticed that all the worms had congregated in the bottom tray of the worm farm. It was hot, though, so I decided that was the worm way of keeping cool and thought no more of it. Particularly as the following day was cooler and they had moved back to the other trays. Today, though, I was feeding them and noticed that the bottom tray was full of maggots. Ick. I'm not squeamish as a rule, but a tray of writhing maggots certainly does give one an unpleasant thrill. Obviously something was up the other day.
So I spent the first part of today finding out how to remove maggots from worm farms. The answer is bread soaked in milk. Maggot love milk, it turns out. And once they've infiltrated the bread, you can put it out for the birds to have a lovely snack. Good to know, but I hope I don't have to put that knowledge into action ever again.
I also read that sprinkling lime in the worm farm is bad for maggots/good for worms, although not why. Still, it can't hurt, so I did that too. I had to go to Bunnings to get some lime. While there, I found that they have a special on KIDS HANGING STORAGE SOLUTIONS, which turned out to be a sort of fabric tube shelf that hangs from a hook, rather than, like, a box of nooses.
Once all that excitement was over, I went to the annual antiques and collectibles fair with my mother. She has recently become obsessed with Bargain Hunt, so we had to pretend we had $300 to spend and pick three things to buy with it. We found a silver sweets dish with snake handles for $55 (perfect for the Slytherin in your life), a little marcasite brooch shaped like an elephant for $35 and a porcelain toast rack for $90. I'm glad it was only pretend money, because I think the toast rack was over-priced.
There was a military antiques dealer there with medals and regalia and such. And very new-looking enamelled swastika hat pins. Hmmm.