[Midnight Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Composting smells. If being turned and maintained properly, you will get the odors of decaying materials. The smell resembles silage if you include greens.

A good working compost pile should have a lot more carbon than nitrogen. Nitrogen matter (lawn clippings, leaves, food scraps and manures) provide the mix for making the enzymes. Easy rule to follow is 1/3 green and 2/3 brown material.

With the requirements needed, the heat and the vermin, I wouldn’t want my neighbor composting.

Sorry, but when done properly, compost NEVER smells!
Heat, mostly from the sun, is exactly what is necessary to compost.
In all the many years I have composted, I have never had rats.

Most food scraps are a no-no as is manure. And where would you get manure anyway???
Plus, it would be pretty difficult for a critter to get into most compost bins designed for home use.