Good sharing though without fins.

Can make two fins by gluing a concave V shape plastic, high on the inside bottom and slope down to the top.?

Without fins I think it works better than using shovel, so tiring.

As you already know the function of the fins is to get the aggregates mixed well. As you rotate the aggregates should not move like water leveling it out by gravity but being moving up and fall to the front and bottom. The fins would carry part of the aggregates up as you roll and fall as it reach it height. The idea is to have the aggregate from the bottom of the bin as you roll some move to the upper part of the bin and some fall from the top cylinder bin to the bottom. So, the fins should be a V shape and thin out to the top of the bin cover. Something like that I think.

Depending on the material of the bin to use the right type of glue, also the glue should not be dissolve in water.

Hi Kipkip,

Great to hear that your grass is growing well. Not forgetting to trim the grass often to get rid of weeds.

Never heard of ants eating earthworms unless you dig them out to the surface or during flooding.

I do have ants mound and nests. The first one to invade was the medium size red ants that bit and painful, I think it was because of the river sands but then they have gone and came the tiny ants and black ants. I did nothing to them as ants keep termites away.

I was thinking about fiberglass that works on most surfaces.

Working with fiberglass can be a messy thing and inside a bin making it even more difficult. To overcome first use super glue to hold all things in place and then fiberglass them together and a layer all over them. The end result is you got a fiberglass bin on the inside and plastic on the outside

This post has been edited by stevie8: Jan 9 2014, 11:02 AM

I did search for liner before I built my concrete pond. Only managed to find one vendor in 1 utama but it was not cheap. The lorry canvas not sure if it can take our sun and UV.

Moreover you got to use rocks to hold and hide away the liners at the top of the pond and all these cost even more.

Can show your liner pond?

Aiyah today I went to taman mayang and forgot about your offer, hai....should have bought something waste of opportunity.

Just add a 30ma RCD to the pump circuit.

Like all appliances, all kind of pumps can leak not only China made. Just tell me how many of them are not made in china?

Italy made, Germany made, Japan...had killed too. Anyway, it is a good warning.

From where you tapped or connect the circuit from? If you are tapping it from a power point, there are 3 wires from the point, ie. L N and E supplying it to your pump point. Instead of that pump point you get a RCD where the live and neutral go in it and out of it to the pump point. The E wire should be connect to the hosing of the RCD then to the pump point.

That is to say:

1. From main to
2. House power point to
3. RCD then to
4. pump point.

With this you got double protection when pump failed or there is a electricity leakage. The 30ma RCD should trip before the house DB RCD as it detected the fault first and also it is more sensitive to leakage. When the 30ma RCD fails to trip, the house DB RCD should trip. Check both RCDs regulary. I do that when I off the pump for maintenance. Instead of switching off the pump point, I press the test button of the RCD.

You are welcome.

Since you diy your pond, I assumed you also diy the wiring for the pump. No?. According to fengshui water and fire do not mix well. It mean danger. Water being your pond and electricity is the fire. Though our house wiring design is safe, getting another point of protection is necessary according to fengshui logic. Also in the kitchen, you have water and fire, you may want to have a smoke alarm. You can get a standalone smoke alarm power by a 9V battery. Just only RMxx. Likewise for water heater, get another localized RCD. The 30ma RCD can cost RM100 or more a piece. To me it is a must have, not a necessity.

A simple fuse wont work. A fuse is just like MCB (Mini Circuit Breaker) only trip or the fuse fused, as you also know, when exceeded certain amp by then you die already.

Water heaters most come with ELCB, it is different from RCD. RCD is expensive but a must have and provide better protection than ELCB.

Water heater with ELCB sometimes you dont know if it is the ELCB that safe you or the DB RCD! If you have aquarium you should also get one RCD with 30ma rating.

I placed mosquito net some much easier the stones won't sink.

No molds and no dirt coming up too. Dirt instead going down when rain. It is easier to go down then up. Plant or grass still grow up the net bit by bit, I mean slower than exposed space. So you can choose what to grow what not to grow by pulling the unwanted ones.

You better trim the grass. Do not let it grow too tall. Too tall when trim all become brown and die. No kidding.

A Lot of water, sunlight and trim regardless if it is short. Trimming will make it level and not one patch outgrown the others.

You also got to check:

1. is the ground even? Deeper ground grass grow taller but loose and fall flat.
2. Is the ground evenly hard? Hard ground grass grow shorter. Do not step on the ground/grass especially when it has not matured.
3. Do not fertilize too much. When do spread evenly. You do not expect your grass root to grow horizontally long to get its nutrient right?
4. water water water. Lot of water

This post has been edited by stevie8: Apr 9 2014, 06:56 PM

A DIY auto watering is drill pvc pipe with tiny holes 6 inch apart on a straight line on the pipe and place it at 60 degree angle. To water your plant or lawn just turn on the tap valve and adjust the volume. The working condition is high water pressure is needed. Also the pipe length cannot be too lone or too many holes or holes have to be small like I said tiny holes.

Auto fertilizing? pee on the lawn

Looking good.

A piece of advice. Never hose a new planted lawn and over watering at one go. Shower it lightly every morning and evening. Hosing with heavy water washes away the mud/soil under the grass to the sand and resulting in uneven ground. When rain skip watering.

Also try not to step on it until it take root. How to know when it has taken root? When you see the grass has spread from one patch to the others. If you must step on it use flat slippers. Keep dogs away.

From the pic it look good to me.

Cat like to do business when soil is loose

Besides loose soil, cat like to do business when there are trimmed grass abound and cat will gather these dead grass, debris, leaves at the place the do business.

Yes, that is it.

Still it is good to trim the short Jap grass, by doing so you trim away the weeds heads and the grass will outgrow the weed and weed dies. Especially so when you have insufficient sun and the Jap grass grow weaker and taller and have to compete hard with weeds. Triming the "taller" Jap grass you are helping them to compete with weeds.

Also trimming make the grass level if not you will have patches of grass here and there.

I mean one lump here and another lump there and some area flat.