"Dani" wrote in message
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I sent off for a subsidised compost bin in the hope of reducing our
household waste output (kitchen scraps and guinea pig bedding, mostly -
we already recycle as much as we can).

Now it has arrived, it looks enormous in our very small garden, even
though it is the smaller of the two on offer (220 litre size).

I have been reading the archives on this group and becoming more and
more daunted. I have a few specific questions - sorry if they have all
been answered befo


We have a similar Darlek and have started to get lots of small (fruit?)
flies in the bin. When you take the lid off it's like a cloud of them and
they have started to get inside the house.

Should they be there and is there anything we can do to keep their numbers
down.........our new pond might help once we get the frogs, but that'll be
next year!

Thanks very much
Karin