Hello!
Just for something different I thought I would try to breed mealworms. Great source of protein for the chooks… even a saleable thing if I get enough!
My best mate suggested it to me as she has just started some too.
Its all pretty easy in theory:
Step one. Buy some mealworms.
Three containers with holes in the top.
There are three stages to the lifecycle. Larvae, pupae and adult – oh and lots of eggs (hopefully eventually) too
I want each stage kept in different containers.
They get rolled oats as food and bedding and slices of veggies as moisture and food.
It was both kind of fun and slightly creepy fishing out all the worms from the container. They pretty much dived right into the oats and disappeared.
I had two live adults too! They look a little lonely in their box.
So… now I just have to wait until they spin little cocoons and try to keep them alive!
Pretty easy it seems. Cheap to start up and they don’t bite. Whats not to love??
In other news… we started to paint the house
We’ve been meaning to for a couple of years now. Especially the sides of the house not under the veranda’s protection.
Thought we would start with the easy bits to get the hang of it.
Clearly we started with a washdown. Looking quite grotty!
We managed to get around to painting the first section late this afternoon. We chose a slightly darker cream than what we had. Mostly I wanted to make it look like I had actually done something when viewing the slight colour change.
Might need a second coat tomorrow. We shall see in the morning.
We are also thinking that we will paint the trim/edges/window frames dark green in the Federation style. Might be a while before we get to that point, but its an idea.
In garden news – I got a see-through tomato!
A few more zucchinis are on their way:
So many lovely tomatoes waiting to change colour!
And I am much happier with my latest beetroot patch compared with the original one I planted. All up and looking good!
Cheers!
