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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:41:30 +0100, VX
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I've been using a compost bin and putting all garden waste in them
and also
kitchen waste that seems to be the same sort of thing, ie plant
material
only. This means in addition to prunings etc from the garden I also
put in
salad leftovers, vegetable scraps (uncooked), banana peel, rotten
apples and
apple cores, used teabags, and not a lot else.

In warm weather there is a steady prescence of tiny flies in and
around the
bin, along with a few wasps. The tiny flies pose a real problem since
windows
are nearby- so I need to either stop using this type of composting,
or if
possible change what gets composted to remove the fly problem.

But I have a feeling that these tiny flies will be hanging around
whatever I
put in the compost bin. They seem to hang around bags of commercial
compost

The flies are a natural part of composting. This site tells you all you
need to know about this particular branch of gardening:
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/orga.../compost_1.php
but if you wish to do a deeper study go he
http://tinyurl.com/2lop8m

Regards,
Emrys Davies.