"YMC" wrote in message
"terryc" wrote in message Final 2c, AFAIK
composting is AEROBIC (oxygen is present), not anerobic
(e.g water logged ground).

That's a good point. Would inserting a black perforated plastic tubing -
the one used for drainage - into the bin help?

The problem is, Terry's comment is not right for as it doesn't apply to the
Gedye bins.

Composting in an open pile IS aerobic. Those piles are supposed to be
turned, but that is not how the Gedye bins are designed.

You are trying to do something in your Gedye bins that they aren't designed
to do. The Gedye bins operate anaerobically as do all the bins that are
closed tightly like the Gedyes are. Anaerobic compost is a slower way of
making compost but it is less work and it does work.

You might like to know how the two systems of making compost differ because
of your problems. The following sites may help:
http://www.rivenrock.com/composttypes.htm
http://eastwaste.sa.gov.au/student/student.asp?page=26