[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Adam Todd]

At 02:58 PM 29/08/2006, Marghanita da Cruz 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."

One only seems to get flies and maggots if one puts meat and dead flesh 
into the compost.  This is a typical NO NO anyway.  any meat or flesh waste 
we have gets eaten by a cat or a dog without any human intervention.  Not a 
lot of waste here!  Bones are eaten by dog or cat depending on the 
bone.  Puss just LOVES a salmon rack!

>>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.

Only cockroaches I've seen are the usual ones inside the house and they 
have only arrived in the three years.  Prior to that we had none.  Although 
I think we have them under control now.


>...I assume you mean the native outdoor ones....haven't noticed any in my 
>heap do they actually like rotting stuff?

The native ones, the really big flat things that look really cool, and are 
often kept as pets, are pretty rare actually.  I found some recently when 
sorting a wood pile.  They tend to like moist dark places, preferably 
outdoors (never seen one inside.)  They tend to break down the wastes of 
borers and witchety grubs from what I can see.

They seem to tend to live with slatter, whitechy's, and slugs.  Pretty dull 
life really.  I'm sure an entamologist would have far more exciting 
information!

>Indoors, I recommend
><http://www.ramin.com.au/eco-sydney/cockytrap.html>