(Edited to add: This thread seems to be a follow up from here:
http://garden.org/thread/view_...)
davidsevit,
You ask if you should water it now. I would like to ask if you have been in the habit of watering the compost regularly...there should be no need to water a compost pile; rain should be enough - so I hope your answer would be 'no'.
If you have access to garden/agricultural lime as
@porkpal suggested, that would be a good idea. Sprinkle it with lime, cover with soil as
@Weedwhacker suggested, and do not water it.
I worry when you mention "everything you have been eating"...I never put cooked food, oil, meat, bones, etc. into my compost. Please put only acceptable items (plant-based) in the compost in the future, no more plastic, no meat/bones, enclose the compost with something that can breath such as wire fencing or wooden pallets (not glass windows) and we will hope for a success.
