Yea you're nuts, a lawn nut. (grin) That sounds like a good idea. I think I will add some screened compost to my next cracked corn application in my back yard that doesnÂt get much compost spread on it. Feed and microbe application at the same time sounds like great idea.
Bill Hill

I use the $1.50 a bag manure compost from the box store. 2 bags per 50 pound grain @ 10#/1000. Not a huge volume at once but will add up over time.

I think I didn't get my real point across on this now as I look at it. I'm not talking about just mixing in the compost with the grains, I'm talking about doing it a week or so in advance so that you start to create a buildup of microbial life on the surface of the grains you are providing. What better place to do so than on the food source itself? For this reason I don't think it would take a lot of compost since it is generally finer than the grains you put down, I would think an unconcentrated homogeneous blend is good enough and that after a week the application of the grain itself would be almost like applying the compost. For the record, yes I am nuts.

As most moments of inspiration, the problems start arising when it is time to apply a little perspiration.

If I'm following you right, that should help on a number of fronts... but not on the ease of application. If you put compost and what it needs to act on the cracked corn together, waterm in any meaningful quantities, you are soon going to have a decomposing pile of "glomp" that isn't going to spread too well. If you don't add water, you aren't going to get much interaction. Same difference as doing it in separate apps.

Or, you can add it, let them decompose some and then dry them out. Sounds like the process is then getting a little involved. If you are going to do that, just go the whole Monty and mix them together until you have some nice fresh cracked corn compost to spread.