At 9:15 AM -0400 3/31/09, Ronit Little wrote:
So, to my utter disbelief something has chewed through the plastic
of one of my compost containers and has been feasting. I thought
raccoon but was told it might be a rat. what to do? is wire mesh the
answer?
Yes, quarter-inch hardware cloth is the answer under the bins.
I have some used biostack bins, some of which have small chunks eaten
out of the sides. I make sure not to keep the eaten sides on the top
level (I stack mine 4 or 5 levels high), so as not to encourage
further munching. If the holes are big enough, I get a piece of tile
and wrap some wire screening around it to make the side solid and the
chewed area inaccessible to further munching.
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