Has anyone ever heard of a compost grinder of any sort?
I make my compost(poiting mix) for next year and store it but it comes out looking like road apples and turns real hard if let sit around.
they break into powder but just looking for a better way to grind them up to store it.
I know it's not the way most handle compost but I've been doing this for severial years and it works great. I taken soil samples with store bought kits and it's as good if not better than Mirical grow and I have even had the extention office here do their test and it has always come back with sky high reports.

thanx,
CD

How the devil are you storing it?

If it's getting so dry & hard that it breaks into rocks when you're ready to use it, much of the living good flora & fauna in it is probably dead. It might still have a decent mineral (etc., etc.) content, but you're losing one of the major benefits of homemade compost by allowing it to dry out like that.

When I have more compost than I can use at one time, I simply keep it in a pile with a tarp over it - still making sure that it maintains a decent moisture level.

I think you're going to have a difficult time finding a "compost grinder", because properly made & maintained compost frankly never needs "grinding".

Sure wish I'd have more compost than I could use. But here's a way to grind stuff before it goes in the compost heap - many of us use our bagging lawn mower to go over yard scraps leaves and such.

My compost usually comes out like a mulch but the only thing that has ever come out hard and powdery was an avocado seed or corn cob. And you can just chunk those up with your hands and recompost them a bit.

M

I have never had my finished compost clump like that, unfinished yes, so maybe yours is not yet finished.