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Re: Rat(s) & compost??

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Bruce

Boy do I feel bad backing up the bucket of water trick.

The have a heart trap sounds better.

Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: GARDENGUY0@aol.com <GARDENGUY0@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Rat(s) & compost??


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>In a message dated 9/13/99 7:52:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>jcosler@mindspring.com writes:
>
>> Eeeeeeekkkkkk!!
>> I noticed a hole going into cement under outside steps.  I asked the
>> doiteverythingmiracleman (handy man par excellence) what it is.  He
>> said rats.  Then later in the day, he saw a big (aren't they all!!??)
>> rat in front yard, scurrying into ivy.  Here's my question: I have
>> compost piles & I add ONLY ORGANIC kitchen scraps to them.  No meats,
>> fats, dairy; only veggies & fruits & some bread products.  Do rats eat
>> this stuff?????  I always bury the scraps, but the beds are open.
>>
>I have had rats actually take up residence in my out of doors compost. So
yes
>I think they eat what ever we put in at that time. Which is one of the
>reasons I started Vermicomposting indoors in my basement all kitchen scraps
I
>used to place out in the large bin in my garden?  You can trap them and
move
>them to A new home with a hav-a-heart trap. We have successfully relocated
>quite a few this way.  We have the smaller Norway rat a brown colored
outdoor
>living one. Not the BIG gray colored roof rat that carries all the bad
>diseases. Thank GOD.  LOL
>Get yourself a small have-a-heart from your local feed and grain and trap
>your rats. and try maybe Vermicomposting or as someone suggested to me just
>bury your scraps right into the garden beds and let the worms there have a
>good feed.
>(c: Bruce
>
>
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