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"John E" writes:
| I have a compost bin, which I am enthusiastically filling up with kitchen
| (plant) waste and occasional weeds/lawn clippings. There is an ants nest in
| the soil under the bin, and the ants are regularly to be seen in the
| compost.
|
| Is this something I should be concerned about? If so, what should I do to
| deal with it? (I would have hoped that the heat of the decomposing plants
| might have discouraged the perishers, but it seems not.)

It generally indicates that the compost is too dry. Other than that,
no. Don't worry even if they move the nest INTO the bin.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.