Earth Machine compost bins

[pukwudgie]

Hi all

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[yagagriswold]

We stopped using ours a couple of summers ago when my partner went out to add a bucket of scraps and found a rat sitting on top of the compost looking up hungrily at him.

[logt]

We use this kind
http://www.amazon.com/Envirocycle-EBC-BK-Original-Composter-Black/dp/B004FVEDAI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370369198&sr=8-1&keywords=envirocycle
Have a ton of critters around (we are now living in suburbs) and so far nothing got in it

[m_b_w]

We have had the Envirocycle in our backyard for many years and, although there are signs that a critter has chewed on its latch, it's still all in one piece. But, we rarely use it anymore and never for food scraps as we have a Can-O-Worms Worm Composter on our second floor porch; bugs visit it, but never any rodents.

[nomacmac]

I have one like this http://www.costco.com/YIMBY-6-Cu.-Ft.-Tumbling-Composter-RM4000.product.100069671.html It is great, I just wish I had a second one, so I could have one to add fresh stuff to while the other one 'cooks'.

[joelbikesalot]

We haven't had a problem with rats only squirrels. I wrapped all the vents with hardware cloth and that has been keeping anything out. I also have the composter sitting on concrete pavers so nothing can burrough up from the ground.

I get around Somerville quite a bit and I've been seeing rats all over.

Joel

[squirrelitude]

Did it chew through the top or the bottom section? I have an extra top section (+ lid).

[pukwudgie]

It chewed through the bottom section, and when we blocked that space up with metal sheeting, steel wool, and rocks, it chewed through a different part of the bottom. So I think our best option would be to replace with either something metal, or one of the off the ground rotating ones that others linked to. Thanks for your offer though

[squirrelitude]

I guess it makes sense that it was the bottom section, in retrospect.

You may also want to let the city know; they may wish to put out rat poison.