"Bobby" wrote in message
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Cardboard will attract rats only if it is not broken up and too dry
(i.e. suitable for making nests in). Water it well, including from
your bladder, and it will be fine.



Carboard used in layers is absolutely essential for making good compost just
as shredded paper is it provides the woody element and brandling worm just
love to breed in the layers of the cardboard
i have 8 bins all made out of pallets pulled apart and put back together
close boarded .,.......i then line them with heavy duty polythene
...........the mix in compost heaps is vital

Cardboard
shredded paper
shredded prunings
grass
weeds
spent flowers etc
veggie peelings
horse manure
straw

and last but not least buckets of "night water "

layer that lot together pour on the "amber activator " and cover with
polythene a piece of old carpet and a wooden lid

Then turn the contents into an empty bin in 3 months and repeat 3 months
later then cover and leave for 1 year
You will have lovely crumbly fine compost