"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Tonyfrost wrote:
Hey folks,
A few months ago a friend of mine who lives near me,
pointed out a good solution to avoid spendig money on fertilizers,
which is piling garden trash,
but the thing is how long will it take for my pile to be ready for the
soil? And anyway it smells!

The time it takes depends on the mix of ingredients in it, the
temperature, how often you turn it and if you have the moisture right.
From 6 weeks to a year. If it has been snowing those microorganisms are
not working much at all. They all smell somewhat but if it is a really
revolting sour smell it means that it has gone anaerobic, that is not
enough air and/or too wet.

....if it smells like rotting eggs or sulphur then you can solve that
immediate problem by turning it several times and mixing in some dry
material like leaves or shredded paper. The smell should lessen.

rob