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alpenrose Sep 2023 12:07pm, 20 Sep 2023 61,014 posts	0 alpenrose The worm thing always happens in mine. I don't worry about it and I only put kitchen waste in there mostly. They seem to disappear in the winter and the summer.
GordonG Sep 2023 1:11pm, 20 Sep 2023 10,017 posts	0 GordonG Yeah I read about the air pressure thing too, and to be fair the weather is getting stormier, so who knows!
Hanneke Sep 2023 3:45pm, 20 Sep 2023 111,171 posts	0 Hanneke More cardboard required! A compost heap/bin needs a fifty fifty balance of green and brown. If there are too many grass clippings, the worms don't like it as it gets damp and anaerobic so they can't breathe.
Elsie Too Sep 2023 6:53am, 21 Sep 2023 4,904 posts	0 Elsie Too Great conversation here and it’s making me think I need to add more shredded paper to mine.
Curly45 Sep 2023 7:16am, 21 Sep 2023 4,530 posts	0 Curly45 We use a lot of egg boxes ripped up and save leaves from the winter to add over the rest of the year.
Ocelot Spleens Sep 2023 8:52am, 21 Sep 2023 37,948 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I am going to go and check for worms around my rim right now.
Ocelot Spleens Sep 2023 8:57am, 21 Sep 2023 37,949 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens One. Only one.
GordonG Sep 2023 9:04am, 21 Sep 2023 10,019 posts	0 GordonG Lol OS. I gave the compost a good mix yesterday. It didn't smell, and if anything it seemed on the dry side. Perhaps they were out on a day trip! I'll keep an eye on things over the next few days.
Curly45 Sep 2023 11:34am, 27 Sep 2023 4,532 posts	0 Curly45 We seem to be having a saw fly larve issue. I don't mind some pests but they are munching through a few bushes throughout the garden. I don't want to eliminate but any suggestions with ways to naturally reduce them to give the bushes a chance to recover?
Fellrunning Sep 2023 12:33pm, 27 Sep 2023 3,211 posts	0 Fellrunning Newspaper spread under the bush, give bush a good shake. Pick up newspaper and dispose. Cultivation of the ground under the bushes will bring the pupae to the surface. Birds or frost will do the rest.

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