[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Deus Ex Machina]

Marghanita da Cruz [marghanita at ramin.com.au] wrote:
> Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> >Marghanita da Cruz [marghanita at ramin.com.au] wrote:
> >
> >><snip>
> >>
> >>>>>>Taking waste to the tip doesn't work.  You are not permitted to bring 
> >>>>>>food waste and packaging to the tip.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>you are at out tip. shop around.
> >>>>
> >>>>better still compost it!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>composting in an urban enviroment is a disaster. it attracts every bug
> >>>and cockroach in the area.  I would never do it again unless I was on a 
> >>>farm.
> >>>
> >>>composting is for farms not the inner city.
> >>
> >>...rubbish....
> >>see <http://www.ramin.com.au/eco-sydney/composting.html>
> >
> >
> >"If you have a non-toxic garden, after a while, you will notice that the
> >compost heap will be integrated into the garden's ecosystem. Birds and
> >skinks will eat the maggots and flies."
> >
> >and who eats the cockroaches?  if you have a big garden and can put it
> >in the furthest spot away from your house it might be ok. but in a
> >typical suburban block its an absolute nightmare. 
> ...I assume you mean the native outdoor ones....haven't noticed any in 
> my heap do they actually like rotting stuff?


http://pested.unl.edu/chapter5.htm

"Food -- Cockroaches eat almost anything: crumbs, hair, fingernail
clippings, spots of grease, soiled clothes, pet fur and dead insects
(even dead cockroaches). They will cannibalize their own young and egg
cases if food becomes scarce. Food that is high in protein or has a
significant moisture content is the most attractive to cockroaches. If
you are leaving pet food in the dish overnight, you are feeding your
cockroaches. And, feeding them well. "

try looking at night in summer.

Vic