"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article .com,
"Gardening_Convert" writes:
| I went to get some of my compost out of the big plastic compost bin
| that I have and it seems to be full of black fly which really deterred
| me from using it as I didn't want to spread them around the garden .

Why not? They are quite harmless to plants and animals, and will
disappear when you spread it. Those black flies are NOT 'blackfly'.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Do you eat oranges, don't put the peel in the compost, I stopped putting it
in the compost bin and the flies went.

Harry