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There's a rat in the compost ...
.... what am I going to do?
I disturbed a small one a few weeks ago - it was sat atop the pile when I removed the lid from our green compost bin. I kept quiet about it, knowing the furore it would cause amongst the female members of the household, and the near-futility of trying to get rid of them (rats, not FMOH). However, now that one of said female members has lifted the lid and had the same experience, Action is going to Have to be Taken. Mr Death of Rats from the council has been today, and put down poison. He has advised us not to put any fruit or veg trimmings in the bin. Seems to me we might as well not bother with a compost bin in that case. I'm more inclined to resite the bin atop a rubble foundation, to make it hard if not impossible to burrow into. What is exercising me most at the moment is this: if rats have been living in my compost heap for a while now, and adding their own potentially Weyl-laden excreta to it, is the existing compost still fit to be spread upon the garden at all? Andy -- spargeatbtinternetdotcom He who is not confused is not in possession of all the facts. Origin uncertain |
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