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Probably a totally stupid question and I am likely to answer my own question within the question. I am thinking of getting a composter to deal with my garden waste, as the weeds and whatnot do grow very quickly in my garden and I am tired of having to travel to dispose of them, Lambeth charges for disposing of them for you and I disagree with it. I have a mice problem that has only been under control recently and finally! Will having a composter in the garden increase the risk of having these little hairy friends back? I don't plan to put any food in it, just simply garden waste. Last thing I want is to provide them with a warm bed. Garden next door is a fucking mess that hasn't been used for at least 4 years and I do believe those mice live there and find their way into my flat...

A proper compost heap is too warm for mice to live in (during a Manitoba summer anyway), you need to pay a little more attention to it than a typical pile-o-waste. My father-in-law's compost heap has been over 20 degrees C about 10 cms in when outside temps were hovering at -25.