Disgusting backyard smell?

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Over the past 3 months, i have noticed this disgusting awful rotting meat smell. I have typical California climate plants; roses, sage, a fig tree, and some ivy. There is a bit of overgrowth and if something were rotting away in there, it most likely would have finished decaying. I'm really getting sick of it, so can someone  provide me with some answers or a solution to the stink?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Clear all othe overgrowth. If you have fig tree that is overgrowing, that could be the problem

fluffernut · Answer

Anerobic .........composting......that is rotting without oxygen, or low oxygen......stinks.  The overgrowth may be prohibiting  proper oxygenation of  the undergrowth.  However, my first instinct is you've a dead something in there.  I assume you don't have a septic system and it's backing up or there's not a sewage line break.

Valleycat1 · Answer

Or you could have a colony of rodents in the underbrush, or animals marking the area and creating the odor.  Probably time to hire someone to come clear out the debris.

? · Answer

There may indeed be something rotting in there - a dead animal or, God forbid, a dead body! Have you cleared the undergrowth and looked?

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