Ants in Compost bin
 

I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or a good thing. My immediate instincts
leaned towards declaring war on them but then I wondered if they might be of
some use in the composting process.

Your thoughts on the matter please.

Mark

Ants in Compost bin
 

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:09:21 +0100, "mark"
wibbled:

I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or a good thing. My immediate
instincts leaned towards declaring war on them but then I wondered if
they might be of some use in the composting process.

Your thoughts on the matter please.

Mark

Doubt they'll do any harm - and they'll probably munch up some of the
vegetable matter for you.

And if they're in your bin, they're not in your house!

I'd leave them to enjoy their new home complete with a modicum of central
heating.



--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

Ants in Compost bin
 

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:09:21 +0100, "mark"
wrote:


I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or a good thing. My immediate instincts
leaned towards declaring war on them but then I wondered if they might be of
some use in the composting process.

Your thoughts on the matter please.

Mark

It's too dry. Water it, or leave top off if it rains and they'll go
elsewhere.

Pam in Bristol

Ants in Compost bin
 

Pam Moore wrote:

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:09:21 +0100, "mark"
wrote:


I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or a good thing. My immediate
instincts leaned towards declaring war on them but then I wondered
if they might be of some use in the composting process.

Your thoughts on the matter please.

Mark

It's too dry. Water it, or leave top off if it rains and they'll go
elsewhere.


Just joined the group as found this thread via google groups.

Just wondered what if you want to kill the nests, i have 2 ant nests in
both my compost bins and have also found one under the patio.

I would rather kill them off personally, but im worried about using a
chemical which my harm our new chickens?

Anyone got a solution to this?

--
Donnie
Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!"
Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter"
Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper"

Ants in Compost bin
 

The message
from "Donnie" contains these words:

Just joined the group as found this thread via google groups.

Just wondered what if you want to kill the nests, i have 2 ant nests in
both my compost bins and have also found one under the patio.

I would rather kill them off personally, but im worried about using a
chemical which my harm our new chickens?

Anyone got a solution to this?


As you can get at them, boiling water does a pretty good job!

Ants in Compost bin
 

RogerT wrote:

The message
from "Donnie" contains these words:

Just joined the group as found this thread via google groups.

Just wondered what if you want to kill the nests, i have 2 ant
nests in both my compost bins and have also found one under the
patio.

I would rather kill them off personally, but im worried about using
a chemical which my harm our new chickens?

Anyone got a solution to this?


As you can get at them, boiling water does a pretty good job!

Yeah, I was thinking about that I have to admit

--
Donnie
Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!"
Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter"
Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper"