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Gardening: birds and worms

Dr Colin Meurk of Landcare Research talks about enticing birds into home gardens, and Ben Alms, aka Dr Compost, shares the ins and outs of building a worm farm.

Ben's worms in the hand

A 3 bay compost system made with reused wooden pallets. Costs a few nails to build.

A couple of NZ grown Hungry bins at the back door.

The Worm Cafe (Australian made)

Worm a round (NZ made)

Hard at work. A tiger worm can eat its body weight daily

Healthy compost.

This compost pile is sizzling!!

Travis Wetlands

Paradise ducks in Travis Wetlands.

Travis Wetlands.

Volunteers in Travis Wetlands.

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