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"Emrys Davies" writes:
| "fimonkey" wrote in message
| ...
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| Also, I'd like to add food scraps to it. How much food to garden waste
| ratio should I aim for?
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| It is unwise to add food scraps to an open compost heap as you will
| attract vermin.

That is almost entirely an old wife's tale. I and many other people
put all kitchen waste on open heaps without trouble - and have done
for 30 years - and that includes meat! Of course, we don't throw
away a huge amount of food scraps relative to vegetable matter from
the garden.

If you throw away food on an industrial scale, or have a miniscule
garden (i.e. one that provides very little else to compost) then
things are likely to be very different.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.