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Ants in the compost




I inadvertantly threw the beginnings of a red ant colony into my compost 
pile, before covering it and leaving it for a few weeks.
Now I have a thriving growing colony. I'm not quite sure how to deal with 
this, on the one hand I guess they will breakdown all
organic material, on the other hand I don't need an ant hill for a compost 
pile. Possibly it just needs to be hotter (the compost isn't yet)
 and the problem will go away, or maybe there's some natural ant deterrant 
I can use that won't affect the compost material.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks, 

Cathy Gorrie
Katoomba, NSW
Australia