It depends on your compost skills but I think it generally has too much nutrition for some situations. Homemade is more likely to have weed seeds and possibly fungus/disease that can harm new plants. If you compost anything too woody then it can remove nutrients from soil as it breaks down too. We've kept rabbits on wood chip for 6 years or so which means I've had a lot of rabbit fertiliser which is great for compost but I have to keep it stewing for an extra year or 2 to break down the wood. My daleks are usually steaming when turned though which is always a good sign.
I like to use home made with at least a couple of inches of shop bought over the top to suppress weeds but I still get quite a few.
i checked my stored compost on the weekend (it's kept in a few builder's ton sacks) and had to evict a grass snake and a family of wood mice from the bags to give the compost a good shake about. i imagine the wildlife living in there doesn't help the hygiene standard either.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
As the only trees in my garden are a rowan and hawthorn planted 2 years ago I think my ability to create leaf mould is going to be severely limited . There is also no way I can create enough compost from my own garden to fill all the pots and hanging baskets. Therefore I have no option but to put my trust in the pre-packed stuff.
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