As I opened the compost bin I'm not sure who was the more surprised, me or the two mice sitting in there having their breakfast. One was sensibly near a run and shot down it straight away, but the other one was marooned on the far side. After a few seconds he must have decided that he wasn't happy having me loom over him so he shot around the inside edge of the compost bin and down another run.
We have known for some time that the compost bin isn't working as there are no worms in it, but as there are so many other things to do we have been prevaricating about sorting it out.
However, having mice in there is a worry because the house, being old and built out of rubble, is not well sealed so it is easy for them to come into the house, which we know they will do come the colder weather of autumn and winter. When we see evidence of mice having been in the house, we put souricide (mouse poison) down for a couple of days which clears the problem up, but we'd prefer not to encourage them to be near the house at all.
Before we do anything with the compost bin though we need to find out what is the best option for our compost, as we have a massive amount of grass cuttings and not much food waste. Also, there is no way that we could have a compost bin large enough for when we collect the grass cuttings.
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