Let's see those '11 gardens!

If it's in a pile now it should be finished with whatever activity it has in a month. I think it will always smell when it is moist and stirred up. I took fresh, right from the stall, manure and overwintered it in a heap and added it this spring and planted right in it.
It should look like potting soil. It could be two years old but never turned and it wouldnt compost correctly as it is an aerobic process.