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Compost.....

victoriatrow06358victoriatrow06358 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Something's living in my compost bin.... I took the lid off to add vegetable peelings, and to my astonishment the compost appears to have been turned. No mostly green & vegetable waste, just lovely-looking friable compost. Would this be a rat?

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Depends if there is any access to the bin at around ground level.  Has it actually been churned up/turned over or has the level just dropped without you noticing ?
  • toby.wagstaff101Gpd40enttoby.wagstaff101Gpd40ent Posts: 5
    I have had rodents bury under my bin and enter. I think both mice and rats.....
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Is the base open to the ground?
  • victoriatrow06358victoriatrow06358 Posts: 2
    Yes, the base is open to the ground.
    The matter has definitely been churned - there's no way a bunch of veg peelings and garden weeds turn to compost in 2 weeks!
    I've just taken the lid off, and the front 'door' and hosed vast amounts of water into it. Nothing came squeaking out! No waste has been put in for about 10 days now.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Have you got lots of red worms in there?
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    I found that rats did a great job of speeding up compost production...

    It does sound like rats from your description....
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited 23 January

    victoriatrow06358 said:
     there's no way a bunch of veg peelings and garden weeds turn to compost in 2 weeks!


    Perhaps more likely that the rats ate the greenery and churned things up in the process.
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