Re: Ants in compost

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• From: K* K* <k*@PACBELL.NET>
• Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:11:27 +0000
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> You may have killed some of the microbes in your compost pile when you
> added the boiling water. As most have said, let the ants be, they'll help
> you out. We tend to leave any bugs/grubs/slugs in our compost pile since
> they all help with the process. In addition to scaring the ants away, your
> pile will also compost faster and stay hotter if you turn it more
> frequently.
>
> Natalie McNair-Huff
> Happily Gardening in Tacoma, WA Sunset zone 5; USDA Zone 7/8
> Publisher/Editor Mac Net Journal http://www.blol.com/web_mnj/
>
>
I've noticed though that when I turn my pile the temperature actually
goes down and I seem to have a problem getting it to heat up again.
Any solutions?

Kim Kiernan
kimk@pacbell.net
Laguna Hills, So. California

zone 9, Sunset zone 22/23

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