1. If leaving pile of dying vegitation in your garden makes a home for bugs, Why doesn't a compost pile just make a bigger home ? And why doesn't using compost around a plant do the same thing ?? In all cases, you have decaying vegetatation, right?? 2. If bugs like to reproduce and hibernate in a highly organic materials How does adding a lot of compost to your garden repell bugs?? Next time you bring home a load of manure, look at it closely. All of the above are decaying organic material Byron