Tonyfrost wrote:
On Feb 24, 6:30 am, "George" wrote:
"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

Thanks Rob, I'll try to do that, but I was wondering if there was like
a product
that you can put on the stack to cover the smell...

There are many kinds of plastic sheet etc but you may be making it worse by
excluding the air.

David