I started composting a year ago. I'm not regular about turning, nor consistent about my mix of greens and browns. From what I have read I'm Cold Composting, although my bin got pretty hot when I started adding grass clippings.
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According to Captain Compost of Alabama, the bugs that are inside of your compost pile are there to do a job; break the matter down so it can be used on the garden. When the job is done, the bugs will leave. Check the DirtDoctor web-site for more information.
I am also "cold composting", however I put a couple shovels of top soil on top of the fruit and veggies I throw in each time. It sure keeps down the flies and helps keep the pile damp.
The majority of the bugs in your compost are good guys, like was previously posted, cover-up any Vegetable matter, that will keep down the unwanted bugs and rodents. Now for sifting I have a frame made out a 2 x4s and the bottom is rabbit safe wire that a heavy wire which is 1/2 in by 1 in.
If you keep the fruit covered with leaves, grass or dirt, you should not get any fruit flies. The other bugs are likely good guys that are necessary for the composting process.
Check out organic gardening.com. Like I said before, You do not need to be total organic to love this site.
I cold compost too, and never turn my pile. Every year we move our compost bin, put the stuff that hasn't decomposed as the bottom layer in the newly moved bin, and use the bottom decomposed stuff in the garden. I've never had rodents/pests in my pile and I don't worry about covering scraps thrown in the pile.
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