ARUBA1334.
When I first saw your reply the thought that you were in Aruba come to my mind, then I noticed you were actually in Iowa. I am so glad you have had such great results with compost, I am a "compost factory" , I love making compost and adding it to the garden. That is actually what lead me to the original question about Bone Meal. I have read articles that say compost is all you need, and I have read articles that say compost has almost no nutritional value. I have only had my present garden location for three years, and each year I add more compost and each year my soil texture improves a little. I add shredded leaves by the truck load also, it is almost like magic to watch those leaves disappear into the soil every year. Still I do fill the need to add things other than compost, but like most gardeners I seem to be lead more by my feelings that scientific soil testing, I really need to do that one year.
I do sometimes toss about some 10-10-10, sometimes some cotton seed meal, and some lime, that is about as scientific as I get, need to do better on that.
