With the arrival of the sun we are sitting out in the garden more and so experiences the delights of the compost bin. Is there anything we can do to make it less smelly and less sludgy?
We use it for all kitchen stuff - peelings, left over food, egg shells etc but dont have much garden material beyond grass cuttings every few weeks. There also always seems to be lots of maggots and flies in it -how can we reduce these?
Is there a strong sweet smelling bush we can put alongside it?
Our garden is a fairly small terraced house town garden and due to the layout there is nowhere really to hide the bin away so we are stuck inhaling the smell.
Any advice welcomed!