You can’t deter rats from coming into your garden but there are things that you can do that will deter them from staying. The simplest way to avoid a rat problem is to ensure that there is no food source available for them and remove cluttered material that can provide a harbour for them. Also:
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  Composting toilets appear to be all the rage among certain green-minded enthusiasts. When I’ve mentioned or suggested doing anything like this the usual response has been people turning their noses up and either they pretend they didn’t hear or quickly change the subject to something else. We prefer to turn a lever or push
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What is composting? Composting is the converting of organic material that was once living into a black crumbly material which is of immense use as a natural fertilizer for growing plants. These could be flower plants or vegetables and the waste from these can then be turned into compost at a later date. So with
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Also: Do you have to use worms in compost? Earthworms in compost good or bad? Can you put worms in a compost tumbler? Can you put worms in a compost bin? Are maggots in compost good or bad? Can worms live in hot compost? How many worms do I need for my compost bin? Worm
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  Using compost on your lawn is one of the best things you can do as a lawn feed. Not only does this provide a list of valuable nutrients to the grass plants, it helps to build a more open texture to the soil around the grass roots. This allows air and moisture to permeate
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Dead leaves are a naturally occurring organic material. For a keen gardener they can make some of the best compost that can be made. If you’ve never attempted this before, you may be wondering how to go about it. So, here we explain how to make organic fertilizer from leaves. It’s incredibly easy. If you
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  Also: Can you put gum leaves in compost? Should I till leaves into my garden? Every Autumn/fall we see leaves raining down from the trees. Some people see them as a problem that gathers up and blocks the drains. Others see them as an opportunity and gather as many as they can before they’re
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Also: Can cooked pasta go in compost? You have a range of waste materials that turn up as general household waste but you may be wondering where to put what. Somethings can be recycled for manufacturing and used again e.g. plastics, but you need to know which materials can be turned into compost. So, what
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