We keep our compost bin out the back in the farthest reaches of the backyard (which isn't very far in our inner-city Brisbane worker's cottage). But inside, in the kitchen, is where we keep our compost scraps bin (no meat, ever). And I hate it.
I woke up early yesterday, as I normally do now (if you have kids, you'll know what I mean - if not, one day when those of you who want to do, you'll understand). I went through the usual routine and then went to make my breakfast.
Oh. My. Gods.
Maggot Attack.
No. That really doesn't convey the grodiness of the problem. It was more like:
MAGGOT ATTACK!
Unfortunately I didn't get any photos, I just went into grossed-out cleanup mode straight away, armed with my trusty broom, dustpan and brush. These things were everywhere. I mean everywhere. All over the kitchen benches. All over the floor, and they were moving fast, heading for draws and cupboards and the rest of the house.
Ewwwwww!
Interestingly, once they found their way out of the scraps bin they all seemed to just choose a direction and charge hard and fast, radiating outward.
Composting is great. But it does attract all manner of critters. Mice and rats outside (thankfully they don't seem to come into the house proper!), neighbourhood cats (to eat the mice and rats - ewwwwww!) ants, worms and bugs. And maggots.
All of this is okay - if it contained and not in the house. But beware, fellow compostors. There may come a day, sooner than you think, when an endless stream of wriggly white maggots crawl forth from your compost and lay waste to your home.
I put all the maggots outside where they could adventure forth without grossing up my house.
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