compost is too wet and smelly

My main concern there is that rats could then get in. I'm not sure whether this would even be an issue, but I don't want to risk it.

 

They're unlikely to move in Clueless unless there's scraps from meals in there, meat etc. But I think most of us know not to put those in.

I have a dalek bin with no base and haven't seen longtails anywhere in my garden. If they wanted to get into your wheelie bin they would chew their way through.

 

I just got some worms for my compost bin what do there eat

 

Whatever is in your compost bin Andrew, they do the composting.

 

Ok thanks

 

Will the worms be ok over winter

 

They eat vegetable material. Kitchen waste, garden veg and leaves and also will chomp their way through paper and card as it disintegrates.

 

I got a barrels for compost and worms if I was to put a cover around the barrel was should I use

 

The detergent will add nitrates, and feed the bacteria. In any case, killing the bacteria is exactly what you don't want to happen in a compost heap.