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d-i-y'd compost bin questions.
Hi All,
A while ago we started a compost heap and a couple of months ago I made a compost bin by cutting bottom out of a cheap plastic dustbin and transferred the (small) heap to it. Then a 'gardener' mate suggested I put some holes in the side so drilled (using a tank cutter) a few round the top. Now when we open the lid we find the bin is filled with hundreds of tiny flies of some sort? They don't seem to do us any harm (apart from being slightly annoying when they all fly out on mass) but I wondered if they were doing any harm in there? Also I'd say the bin does smell a bit and not a nice 'composty' smell. So far it's only had (old) fresh household vegetable scraps, tea bags, fruit, egg shells etc? I have forked it about a few times but not done much about wetting it etc (not sure if I should etc). Should I expect to see worms in there by now .. my Mum's bin is full of them! ;-) All the best .. T i m |
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