Fruit flies
I think my compost bin project has failed.
Probably a lack of male pee being added I guess.
Got one of those big dalek looking black bins a year ago and have been religiously putting in all my garden and kitchen waste, even asking my neighbours to put theirs in too.
It stinks, and the only thing making lifting the lid bearable at the moment is not getting a face full of fruit flies like i did all summer.
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 23:34, 1 reply)

Bad smell?
It's too wet. I had this problem initially: you've got to try and balance soft, moist, "green" items with drier "brown" ones. So all your garden and kitchen stuff will provide plenty of green, but in order to balance the excess moisture, try throwing in things like sawdust, wood chippings, ripped-up paper, tissues. It sounds like you need a moisture buffer quite urgently, so I'd recommend some straw if you've got any knocking around.

Then take a piss on it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:15, closed)

Apparently
Lady pee doesnt work, so ive heard, and somehow I dont think asking my 70 yr old neighbour would be appropiate ;)
It does have shredded newspaper in it and I added worms, but they probably wriggled off somewhere more hospitable.
I think I'll grit my teeth, add more paper and give it all a good old stir, bokes
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 13:46, closed)

How odd
The reason urine works is, I believe, due to the nitrogen in it. And everyone's urine has nitrogen in it, so I presume it's the hormones in lady-whizz that have a counterproductive effect. (For example, ever had a female dog piss on your lawn? The grass that received it goes all yellowy and takes a long time to recover...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 14:14, closed)