"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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My composter has arrived. It's the DEFRA subsidised one, that local
authorities have been
plugging. The helpful leaflet that came with it, advises against
composting
cooked veg, but gives no reasons. I'm a bit surprised, any ideas on this
one?TIA.

Ignore it; its based on a misguided notion that only cooked veg
attract rats. Rats are just as fond of raw veg,
a cosy compostheap, and the worms that will move into it later.
You can also ignore the usual local council advice not to compost
citrus peel, onion skin and eggshells because they don't decompose. It's
nonsense.
Janet

My bins are being relocated, and having discovered a family of mice in
residence in one of my bins, at the new location there's going to be some
weld mesh placed on the ground and the compost bins on top of that - to
allow worms in but keep rodents out.