Last week when I went to my mom's house and there was a big pile of leaves but it was cold so I threw in some soybean meal that I had brought with me to fertilize her lawn and it heated up right away.

Any type of protein based grain that you buy at animal feed store would work. Just get the cheapest one you can get. I think alfalfa pellet/meal is the cheapest. Throw a bit in the pile and fertlize your lawn with the rest of alfalfa or whatever you prefer to use.

west, I have a couple of piles that have done the same thing. I've turned them to dry them out a bit. I'm going to add somemore nitrogen as there is still quite a bit of carbon left to be composted.

maybe that's what it is, i'll probably go to dollar store n get one of those buck n a half, four lb bags of dog food n throw in there, if that don't work then maybe it's my moisture but i swear i had to goin hot last time and it really didn't even look wet, just barely damp.