Hi Steve, well made compost should smell sweet, it only smells sour if you get it wrong, it should be nice and crumbly, not too moist, not too dry, Derekm.

I think it sounds ok to me,Steve...They do refer to it as sweet smelling,don't they? Mine always has a similar odour..as long as it's not a sour smell,and doesn't look slimy...maybe you need to give it a good mix,to aerate it a bit..get your fork in it to to turn it over..it might be too compressed,and if quite dry,add a little water,..do you see any red Brandling worms ? is so,it is a good sign...

We crossed there,Derek..but at least we agree.:o)

Great minds think alike bloomer, lol. Derek

If you say so,Derek ! :o)) ..

have a little check for a dead mammal in there if it realy smells odd but as said its probably fine .

I'm with Noseypotter - if its a heavy, cloying sweet smell, it may be some small rodent or mammal that's died in there - the decomposition process produces that particular smell. Smell it once, you recognise it for ever after...

i used to work on a chicken farm your right there bamboo . strangly enough ive had rotting vedge smell much worse than a corpse thow .