On 11 Jul, 14:04, Roz Cawley wrote:
In article , R.A.Omond
writes

wrote:
Our composter is invaded by ants!

They're usually a sign that the composter is too dry.

Try making it a bit more moist (pee in it, or would that be
too "chemical" ?).

Other than that, the ants are pretty harmless.

Not when they bite you, the little b*ggers aren't! (Red ones, that is -
which is what are in my compost).

Thanks for all the comments here, though - I have also been puzzling how
to get rid of them - I'll try all the suggestions.

(Will need to muster some men to pee on it, though - I have always
understood that male urine is like manna from heaven as far as
accelerating compost heaps is concerned ;-))
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Roz Cawley

I don't think there's any difference between male pee and female pee
in terms of benefit to your compost heap - surely both contain
nitrogen, potassium, etc. I have a compost bin at the bottom of the
garden next to the shed. If I'm in the garden and need to go to the
loo, I just nip into the shed and **** into a plastic jug, then tip it
onto the compost (along with the used bog roll). Ideally you should
dilute it with water, I think, but I don't bother. If you add a lot,
you can put more carbon on your heap (such as cardboard/woody prunings/
shredded paper).