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Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

You couldn't make it up :-(

Sewage Galore?

That wasn't made up - based on the wreck of (IIRC) the Politician.

Pity more of them aren't that useful when they get to the washed-up stage.

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Subject: Compost heap - neighbour objects!
From: Janet Baraclough..
Date: 16/04/2004 16:57 GMT Daylight Time
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It's becoming a pressing issue here on Arran. The current landfill
site will be full within a year or two, the (mainland) county council

Would that be East Ayrshire? If so, do not expect any sense whatsoever as the
main qualfication to be an East Ayrshire councillor is a pre-frontal lobotomy.


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Subject: Compost heap - neighbour objects!
From: Janet Baraclough..
Date: 16/04/2004 16:57 GMT Daylight Time
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It's becoming a pressing issue here on Arran. The current landfill
site will be full within a year or two, the (mainland) county council

Would that be East Ayrshire? If so, do not expect any sense
whatsoever as the
main qualfication to be an East Ayrshire councillor is a pre-frontal
lobotomy.

North Ayrshire, where any councillor/employee with enough neural
co-ordination to hit his own forehead with a large stone, would be
vastly over-qualified.

Janet.

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Would that be East Ayrshire? If so, do not expect any sense
whatsoever as the
main qualfication to be an East Ayrshire councillor is a pre-frontal
lobotomy.

North Ayrshire, where any councillor/employee with enough neural
co-ordination to hit his own forehead with a large stone, would be
vastly over-qualified.

Especially as a critic?

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"sugarCandy" wrote in message
news
Hi
I'm feeling a bit peeved after the bank holiday weekend. A neighbour of
mine
requested I dispose of a heap of animal waste that that would attract blue
bottles, rats and mice. When told it was a compost heap, he said it was
inappropriate to have in in the garden.
The heap was actually the cleanings out of my guinea pigs, with garden
waste
added. I had started saving it in October, when the weather was cooler,
adding it to my rather small amount of garden waste. The guinea pigs are
kept on pelleted sawdust that crumbles when it gets wet. The bag
recommends
disposing of it via a compost heap. They have hay and straw as litter. The
aim was to produce a heap that would rot down to compost over the winter
so
there was no danger of smell or nuisance. In fact the pigs are cleaned out
before there is any smell anyway, and the heap was only visible through a
6
inch gap in the fence. ( about 3ft square, enclosed by paving slabs, but
showing some straw on the top)
The compost could have done with a couple of more months, but there are no
visible 'poos', and the straw is black and showing white fungus 'roots',
so
I've started moving it. I mulched around some of the borders in the back
garden, and I want to get some into the front, but using it all up will
take
time. I'll probably bag the rest over the weekend, as I don't want any
trouble, but I really don't understand what the problem was. I hadn't
added
anything for over a month, so as to have a heap rotted through for around
June, and I don't know what he thought rats and mice would eat. The only
smell I noticed as i started moving it was that 'composty' sort of smell,
definately not noxious, and only noticable close up anyway.
Has anyone else had problems with compost heaps causing complaints? I was
really surprised, as I thought I had been responsible, and I was trying to
reduce the waste put out for the bin men by recycling. Problem is I
haven't
got anywhere else to site it, as it was situated between my shed and
garage,
so as to be out of sight of the main garden.

annie


Our new neighbour came up with a blinder last year, he told me my compost
heaps were attracting rats, we live in the country by the way, backing on to
open fields, and that I should call in the council to get rid of said rats.
He then went on to "explain" that he doesn't mind rats in the countryside,
but when they come into his garden he thinks that's a bit much. It was all I
could do not to openly laugh at such a ridiculous idea, as images of a small
sign with a picture of a rat and a red bar through it entered my head.

Anyway, he seems to have forgotten about it now, maybe he looked over his
fence, saw the countryside and decided against trying to run in King Canute
style !!!

Duncan

"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
...
In article , Janet Baraclough.
. writes

On the continent there are 'local' community composting sites for such
people. Apparently the scheme works really well.

snip

I love this idea, can we pick and choose the people we throw on this compost
heap, would be a great way of getting rid of oh so very many people, and
it's environmentally friendly too. ;-)

Duncan

"sugarCandy" wrote in message
news
Hi
I'm feeling a bit peeved after the bank holiday weekend. A neighbour of
mine
requested I dispose of a heap of animal waste that that would attract blue
bottles, rats and mice. When told it was a compost heap, he said it was
inappropriate to have in in the garden.
The heap was actually the cleanings out of my guinea pigs, with garden
waste
added. I had started saving it in October, when the weather was cooler,
adding it to my rather small amount of garden waste. The guinea pigs are
kept on pelleted sawdust that crumbles when it gets wet. The bag
recommends
disposing of it via a compost heap. They have hay and straw as litter. The
aim was to produce a heap that would rot down to compost over the winter
so
there was no danger of smell or nuisance. In fact the pigs are cleaned out
before there is any smell anyway, and the heap was only visible through a
6
inch gap in the fence. ( about 3ft square, enclosed by paving slabs, but
showing some straw on the top)
The compost could have done with a couple of more months, but there are no
visible 'poos', and the straw is black and showing white fungus 'roots',
so
I've started moving it. I mulched around some of the borders in the back
garden, and I want to get some into the front, but using it all up will
take
time. I'll probably bag the rest over the weekend, as I don't want any
trouble, but I really don't understand what the problem was. I hadn't
added
anything for over a month, so as to have a heap rotted through for around
June, and I don't know what he thought rats and mice would eat. The only
smell I noticed as i started moving it was that 'composty' sort of smell,
definately not noxious, and only noticable close up anyway.
Has anyone else had problems with compost heaps causing complaints? I was
really surprised, as I thought I had been responsible, and I was trying to
reduce the waste put out for the bin men by recycling. Problem is I
haven't
got anywhere else to site it, as it was situated between my shed and
garage,
so as to be out of sight of the main garden.

annie



I've heard from several people that guinea pigs do in fact attract rats to
the garden. I suppose a compost heap with their waste on it would do the
same. Maybe you're neighbour has heard similar.

You're still not doing anything wrong, though, and since the only way to
remove the attraction for the rats would be to not keep guinea pigs at all,
you may as well ignore him.

Bob

D Russell wrote:
"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
...
In article , Janet
Baraclough. . writes

On the continent there are 'local' community composting sites for
such people. Apparently the scheme works really well.

snip

I love this idea, can we pick and choose the people we throw on this
compost heap, would be a great way of getting rid of oh so very many
people, and it's environmentally friendly too. ;-)


might get even more smelly the the op's heap!

pk

"D Russell"
"Jane Ransom" wrote
Janet Baraclough. . writes

On the continent there are 'local' community composting sites for such
people. Apparently the scheme works really well.

snip

I love this idea, can we pick and choose the people we throw on this compost
heap, would be a great way of getting rid of oh so very many people, and
it's environmentally friendly too. ;-)
Duncan

YES ! Think of all the 'Bushes' we could put op the heap :~)
Jenny

In article ,
"Bob" writes:
|
| I've heard from several people that guinea pigs do in fact attract rats to
| the garden. I suppose a compost heap with their waste on it would do the
| same. Maybe you're neighbour has heard similar.

No, that's not it. The rats are attracted to the guinea pigs' food.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

(Nick Maclaren) wrote in
:


In article ,
"Bob" writes:
|
| I've heard from several people that guinea pigs do in fact attract
| rats to the garden. I suppose a compost heap with their waste on it
| would do the same. Maybe you're neighbour has heard similar.

No, that's not it. The rats are attracted to the guinea pigs' food.


They are messy little chaps, and tend to spill things and walk in them. If
you are cleaning out a piggle hutch it's hard not to get waste food mixed
in with the droppings and soiled hay, so you do tend to end up with food on
the heap, to the joy of rats.

Rabbits are much cleaner and tidier ;-)


Irrelevant anecdote: My sister's guineapigs attracted a badger, which went
right into the hutch as if the thick wire mesh were tissuepaper and tore
the poor little pig to shreds. Ew.

In article , D Russell
writes

I love this idea, can we pick and choose the people we throw on this compost
heap, would be a great way of getting rid of oh so very many people, and
it's environmentally friendly too. ;-)

But . . . . the HDRA recommends only the 'waste' from vegetarian animals
- not the animals themselves!!!!!!!!!!
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In article , Bob
writes
I've heard from several people that guinea pigs do in fact attract rats to
the garden. I suppose a compost heap with their waste on it would do the
same. Maybe you're neighbour has heard similar.

The HDRA reckons that the bedding of any vegetarian animal can be used
on the compost heap.
So your several people are spreading misinformation!
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I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

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from "D Russell" contains these words:

It was all I
could do not to openly laugh at such a ridiculous idea, as images of a small
sign with a picture of a rat and a red bar through it entered my head.

I used to have one of those, it came from Crime Prevention iirc. We
stuck it on the catflap.

Janet.

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from "JennyC" contains these words:
"D Russell"
"Jane Ransom" wrote
Janet Baraclough. . writes

On the continent there are 'local' community composting sites for such
people. Apparently the scheme works really well.

snip

I love this idea, can we pick and choose the people we throw on this
compost
heap, would be a great way of getting rid of oh so very many people, and
it's environmentally friendly too. ;-)
Duncan

YES ! Think of all the 'Bushes' we could put op the heap :~)

I believe one of Saddam's sons was into that sort of thing, but he put
them through the shredder.

Shouldn't joke about that though.............

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