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some colours of my gardens
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@MDT, too moist isn't good. It's the bacteria in a compost bin that really do the "heavy lifting" when it comes to breaking it down. If it's too wet, not enough air gets through the mix, and anerobic ("we don't like air") bacteria breed up. They're the ones that are responsiblle for making the smelly gasses that come off a compost heap. (Food scraps inevitably smell a bit, but if it gets really rotten-egg stinky, something's wrong.)
The right level of moisture is about as wet as a well squeezed out facewasher. Damp, not soggy. At that level, aerobic ("we like air") bacteria breed up, and they leave behind little or no odour. Too dry and nothing much breeds up, and it doesn't break down.
Forking over compost is a good way of getting enough air in and stopping it from getting too soggy. They other thing that works is adding a layer of dry matter every now and then. Straw, dry leaves, pine needles. This creates openings through the pile to keep things healthy.
If the bacteria are really active, the compost will heat up, and any worms or slugs in it will get out or die. ("Hot" is good for decomposition, but not for the soil critters.) If there's not enough going on for the heap to get hot, then the worms will get to work. Slugs are ok-ish, but less than ideal, because they eventually move on to the garden plants instead.
