Looking at that picture it is hard to tell what the stuff on the bottom of the pile looks like. Might I suggest you dig into the center of the pile and see if there is any compost that looks like that black soil on the right of your pile? If there is you can use that on your soil this season. I too would suggest you try to make your pile a little taller/wider if you are trying to make a hot compost pile. Adding a nitrogen source as suggested will give good results as well. The larger your pile is the faster you will have compost to an extent. Also as stated, you could use the pile as mulch this season; it should turn into a good amendment by the end of the season. Regarding which season, most create a pile for composting during "spring cleanup", adding to the pile as material becomes available. The resulting compost can be added to the soil at the end of the season (fall) and covered with a nice mulch layer for protection from the elements. Of course, making another pile if the materials are at hand could be called for; this compost can be used next year for spring planting Blutranes

My mother-in-law used to let our nephew go outside to the front step and piddle overboard into her flower garden. I thought it was a bit weird, considering the proper bathroom was closer when you were already in the house. I guess she was smarter than I thought. BTW I'm surprised you were able to keep from laughing. Maybe you could post a little sign, LOL.

When we lived in short-season New Hampshire we had one huge pile that got anything and everything organic, from huge volumes of leaves to twigs to garbage to clothes to whole corn stalks to rotten pears to whole walnuts to my sister's many poor gerbils. Come Spring, once the ground had thawed and dried and we were getting ready to turn under last Fall's cow manure, we'd take one pile and fork it over onto the other spot, starting a new pile. What didn't fork was compost, or close enough. That went right onto the garden. No picky metering it out or piling it up, it just got spread and used, and we then had a (new) pile that didn't get touched (except for the piling-on and for fishing worms) for a full 'nother year. No turning. No worrying about ridiculous green-brown ratios or weed seeds. No thermometers. Just a totally simple, low work, and effective pile. Everything eventually rotted down. We just spread it around and got on with the gardening. In a way there are no bare spots underground, and roots will grow, inter-mesh, and find the nutrition the plants need. What I'm trying to illustrate is there's no need to store anything. Holding it back until you're ready to plant something in a particular spot does nothing for you other than make extra work or cost extra money. All it is (ALL) is adding back organic material you're removing by growing food and grubs. No magic. Use it now, use it all, and there will be more next year.

Bull ants love wood. Are you putting wood chips in your composter? Ground up cassia maybe? They adore cassia. I made a bait out of coarse ground corn meal, boric acid and vegetable oil (just enough to hold it all together). They love this stuff. I had them get into my house, and I put out trays of it on the counter. It was fun watching them eat it, stagger around, and then die. You could mix some up and sprinkle it around on the inside and around the bottom of the composter, wherever the are getting in. They eat it, they die, your compost is safe for humans because the boric acid will decompose in the soil and be washed away.