What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

The second hive was put into place on time last Sunday...….the first hive did try to steal the honey …..so had to fool them planting on a milled batten to hide the entrance ...drilled some small holes where the original entrance was ….holes are for cent and to small for them to get in …..the entrance is now both ends of the batten ……..yes it has worked a treat ! .

So down the bottom polytunnel I go armed to the teeth with a pile of plastic plumbing fittings …...but first things first …….. I dig out ten holes for the 4" x 4" treated timber posts then whack the posts in with a sledge all levelled in …..I fix a scaffold plank (two) along the two runs of five posts ….then cut and fix 18 mm ply sheet for the full support bed total run of 4 mtrs x 800 mm wide …..that was Tuesday ……….Wednesday I prep up the two grow bed tubs these are 1800 mm x 900 mm made from fibreglass the sil had lying about …..fitted a 40 mm tank connector into both …..then made the Bell syphons next …….cut traps into the ply for the outlet drainage and access for the fittings …….placed both tubs in place on the platform ……..Thursday ……..dug out the pit for the sump tank and dropped that sucker in (positioned the sump in line and on the end of the platform run for easy maintenance.....ran in the two drainage runs from the tubs into the sump tank …
Friday …...cut in a 40 mm tank connector into IBC tank (already cleaned ) …...the sil already cut out the top of the tank...….run in the internal feed pipe work ….then ran the feed pipe to the grow beds and clipped it to some timber posts …...then let loose with a hose pipe (filled the sump) then tested the auto bell syphons both worked perfectly …..dropped the hose into the IBC while I connected the pump in the sump ….all plumbed in and pipe all clipped solid …...so we plug in the power …….nothing...….changed fuse......nothing.....took the pump apart cleaned everything...….nothing......sil "it worked just fine last time I tried it " ….when was that then ? I ask …….oh about three years ago …..its been in the shed till now ……...ebay then ? ……… only thing now is that new pump, some clay balls for the beds and transfer the fish from the pond into the IBC...……...another job.....jobbed .