Pineridge,
I am no expert, but my understanding is that it is very important to make sure your compost is completely done before tilling it into the soil. If it is still working, it will actually rob the soil of nitrogen. There is a fine line between mulch and compost. My understanding of the definition of mulch would be small organic debris that has just begun to compost (break down). An example would be beauty bark (bark dust... it's called different things around the country). If you notice, landscapers use this to keep the weeds down. If you spread it too thick around plants, you can kill them. Compost is mulch that is completely broken down and basically inert. I have read where tilling "mulch" into the soil can really mess up the soil for a year. What I do is spread my "compost/mulch" on the top of the soil each year around our plantings. The next year I turn it under and apply a new top coat. This seems to work pretty good for landscaping. For a vegie garden, I would want to make sure that the compost was "well done" before I introduced it. We just have a very small vegie garden and I make sure I use my oldest, finest compost for it. I would think that your soil would be just fine this year as the composting process should be complete by now. Hope this layman's description helps.
Greg
