Difference between revisions of "Get Rats and Mice out of Compost"

Has your compost turned into the local rodent cafe? Give the furry critters their marching orders!

Has your compost turned into the local rodent cafe? Give the furry critters their marching orders!

== Steps ==

== Steps ==

# Review what you're adding to the [[Compost|compost]]. Some foods may attract rodents more than others, such as bread and baked items. Avoid putting these in, in particular cooked and processed foods.<ref name="rf1">http://www.recyclenow.com/reduce-waste/composting/buy-bin-faqs</ref> In addition, do not add meat or fish waste to the compost.<ref name="rf2">Tim Marshall, ''Composting'', p. 72, (2008), ISBN 978-0-7333-2416-1</ref> Also, keep dairy products, bones, [[Choose Olive Oil|oils]], fatty foods, and pet manures out of the heap.<ref name="rf3">http://www.toronto.ca/compost/pest.htm</ref> (Meat, fish, and dairy shouldn't be composted for any reason in a normal, backyard compost, because these can harbour human pathogens that can harm you.<ref name="rf4">http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/ratsincompost.htm</ref>)

# Review what you're adding to the [[Compost|compost]]. Some foods may attract rodents more than others, such as bread and baked items. Avoid putting these in, in particular cooked and processed foods.<ref name="rf1">http://www.recyclenow.com/reduce-waste/composting/buy-bin-faqs</ref> In addition, do not add meat or fish waste to the compost.<ref name="rf2">Tim Marshall, ''Composting'', p. 72, (2008), ISBN 978-0-7333-2416-1</ref> Also, keep dairy products, bones, [[Choose Olive Oil|oils]], fatty foods, and pet manures out of the heap.<ref name="rf3">http://www.toronto.ca/compost/pest.htm</ref> (Meat, fish, and dairy shouldn't be composted for any reason in a normal, backyard compost, because these can harbour human pathogens that can harm you.<ref name="rf4">http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/ratsincompost.htm</ref>)