Compost is a very vague term used indiscriminantly to describe everything from raw manure to leaves. So what really is compost?
It's really a process that builds live soil if it's done right. What we want to do is grow the beneficial organisms that help plants grow. This is a balance of oxygen, moisture, decaying plant material and animal excrement that builds soil.
Raw manure may be a part of that but the nitrogen and salt content will actually burn and hurt our plants if we put it on straight from the animal without taking the time to allow the microbial process and ozone to break it down into an element that is readily available for our plants to absorb through beneficial fungi.
Now let's make it simple. Time; time is the main element that helps all of this to happen. If we follow the basic guidelines to composting and take the time to let the microbial pattern do its stuff, we will have great compost to grow our plants in.
Here is a good link from the University of Arkansas.
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