How to - Techniques  The secret to making good compost  Find the
right balance to create the ultimate gardener's 'gold'  No
matter what you do, organic materials eventually break down.
Decay is inevitable. But—and it's a big but—there's a difference
between controlled decomposition, as found in a healthy, working
compost pile, and the smelly mess of rotting materials in a bin
gone bad.  Anyone who has had a bad composting experience (and I
confess to having had a few over the years) can tell horror
stories of scary-movie magnitude, but the good news is that it's
relatively straightforward to create healthy, sweet-smelling
compost (often dubbed "gardener's gold" by compost enthusiasts).
And the benefits are beyond doubt: compost returns nutrients and
organic matter to the soil, feeds beneficial micro-organisms and
earthworms, and improves the texture, oxygen-retaining
capabilities and moisture-holding capacity of soil. In other
words, compost helps create healthy gardens. Beyond its benefit
to gardens, however