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Old 10-09-2008, 05:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Very weird question about compost

On Sep 10, 5:21*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
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| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?


No. *There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.


While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?



I could have the ISPCA on my back.

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