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Too much compost?

In the doctors office the other day I picked up an old copy of Organic
Gardening Magazine.  The article I browsed thru went into a great deal
of formulas and what not about the correct amount of compost to put on
your garden depending on the type of soil you have.  The best I could
figure I'm putting on about three times the amount they recommend for
the worst types of soil.

My garden started out as a twice logged over forest that grew pretty
poor fir trees.  Then the developer scrapped away most of the topsoil.
I've sifted out all of the rocks (quite an undertaking in itself),
built raised beds with permanent paths and worked at building up the
soil.  Every spring I put a bunch of bags of composted steer manure
and all of the compost I have on the beds and till it in before
planting.  Depending on the year, I've put between eight and twelve
inches of stuff on each bed.  The garden has been pretty productive
and the earth worm population has soared.  

Now the question.  I've been doing this for seven years now and I
wonder if I'm doing the garden a disservice by adding that much
compost?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Steve Russell
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