composter in a woodland garden-yey or nay? (long post)

bart_2015April 29, 2016

We own a large piece of woodland here in Tuscany, Italy. In the
past twenty years I've been cultivating an open area of it as a
rose-and-sculpture garden, which I hope someday to open to the public.
It's a huge project, especially since it's far from our home, with no
dwelling, electricity, or running water. Since last summer I've been
having a very bad time with a stubborn, churlish badger who insists on
crawling under the fenced-off garden and wrecking destruction. It's
gotten so bad that I finally caved in and bought a Havahart trap on
Amazon and will attempt to re-locate him. In the past, I've found that
critters and varmits are only really a problem if they get it into their
heads that my gardeed area is "their territory", but have been
successful in resolving the issue by erecting fencing during the
winter,when they are less active. But this one guy is impossible,and the
situation has become un-sustainable. Now, I am dreading this trapping
venture; the cage is huge and I can barely carry it empty, so if I do
catch him I'll have to enlist help from my DH. As long as I attempt
trapping, I will be obliged to drive out there every single day, rain or
shine,in sickness and in health. Badgers also have a reputation of
being very dangerous. Needless to say, I intend to stop composting
inside my garden,because that may have attracted him. But I am now
wondering. if composting garbage played a role in attracting him to my
garden, might it also work the other way; that is, what if I were to
place a composter far away from the garden,on the opposite edge of the
property? Might that help in drawing the pests towards the composter,
and away from the rose garden?