[quote:724eeb073a="zero"]Best thing is to break it all up and put it in your blender a bit at a time. When you turn it on, grab the blender with one hand on bottom and one hand on top over the lid, secure tightly and shake it up and down as it grinds the bark. This way the bark bounces around and all gets ground pretty well.[/quote:724eeb073a]     :lol:  this is exactly what swim was doing last week, and it does work. for swim a lot of the chunks would sit under the blades and not get chopped. so take zero's advice and shake that blender.