Adding chlorine to house air is a bad idea.
Keep the container sealed. I put coffee grinds, spent flowers, pistachio shells, and leaves in mine. Nothing smells. The actual compost is 99% yard waste. You mentioned pulling weeds and not composting them. That does not seem logical. If you give it enough time the seeds won't survive.
After googling, as suggested, I decided to experiment adding that new liquid element into the compost:
Danny D said
I apply such liquid after dark - when I take the dogs out for a wee.
The wife is none the wiser.
I'm sure mine wouldn't use the compost ... if she knew.
Tonight, I was working on the pool equipment after dark, about a dozen feet from the compost area, when I see this cute rat walking calmly along the pool plumbing.
I couldn't snap a picture quickly enough, but I did set out two traps and continued working on the pipes under the light of the moon, although one of the traps got the better of my finger in the process:
Can't prove it was eating the compost or not - but it could have been, as it was a small one, that could easily get inside the wire mesh fence.
Looks like it was identified elsewhere as a (big) deer mouse.
1 down .. probably a large family to go ..
Danny D posted for all of us...
And I know how to SNIP
Naaah. Something with a bit more natural nitrogen in it.
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