On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:37:42 -0500, Anonymous
wrote:

IIRC, compost generally assays out at about 1-1-1. It's not too strong. If
anything, its value as a fertilizer is over-rated. Perhaps you were
thinking about straight, uncomposted, manures?

Do you know, offhand, of any sites that describe the 'nutritional
content' of average compost? As you say, a lot of people tout its
value as fertilizer, while I've always thought that its soil-improving
characteristics were what makes it valuable/necessary.