[Psalm 73]

"The compost pile was located next to a deck that was attached to the house."

Why, oh why would you put it there?
Mine are waaay in the very back of my yard - this is the time of year when the internal temps start to sky-rocket.
(I use 4X4X4 ft frames with chicken wire - pull out 8 wheel barrows full of black soil twice a year).

[ApplegateRanch]

Why, oh why would you put it there?

Because this time of year, they didn't have a paper bag of wood stove ashes to sit out on the deck; had to improvise.