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mice in the compost

18 years ago

I have a mouse nest at the bottom of the compost pile.

I want to be clear about this. It is a big compost pile, the mice are not doing any harm, and there are plenty of predators to keep any excess mice in check. So I am interested in doing no harm to the mice. As far as I can tell, there is just one mouse sleeping thru the winter.

My question is this. When is the best time to turn out the compost and disturb it's winter nest? It seems too cold now to disrupt a winter home. But soon there will be babies. I don't want to disrupt the babies either, until they can have a fighting chance. My best guess is early summer would be best to turn it out. That way any babies will big enough to either be caught by predators or find a new home in the newly-turned compost pile.

What do you think?

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