On 2014-05-27 3:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 5/27/2014 8:07 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> If it stinks it's not producing compost so much as it's fermenting.
>> The aroma of a properly functioning composter is the same as the deep
>> woods aroma of a virgin forest.
>>
> I did not know there was a difference between rotting and fermenting.
> Rotting definitely seems to be the route to go.


There is not much difference. Rotting in the breakdown of complex
components of organic matter into smaller components. Fermentation is
the breakdown one element of the matter, the sugar.