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Hi, I have some coffee grounds that I would like to use in the garden, some pepper spray for insects, in addition to getting some fish emulsion fertilizer. I'm not sure I want to use them, however, as memories of rodent rampages come to mind. Raccoons, woodchucks, rabbits, posseums, etc., all gravitated to the compost pile we had, regardless of the chili pepper powder or covers. In fact, I think the chili pepper attracted one of them. They will lull you into a false sense of security, and the moment you put something out such as bone meal, blood meal, or any freshly dug dirt, they rip everything up. I had a bag of organic fertilizer for 6 hours, placed on the porch, before it was torn open and strung across the driveway (although I think that particular coon died - hit by truck). Can anyone reassure me that adding the grounds and the other items won't attract stuff, or is there a way to use it that reduced the attraction? I've stopped using a compost pile for any food items because of all this.
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