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Soil sifter
On 11 Oct, 17:04, Bob Minchin wrote:
If you have stony soil and want to sieve it without the back ache and arm ache of hand sieving, then I can thoroughly recommend the electrically powered Scheppach RS400. I've just bought one of these and it performs really well. I can also imaging that it will be good for sieving any woody bits from home compost. Sieved soil drops out the bottom, into a barrow if you wish, and the stones, roots etc are ejected out the end into a bucket or barrow. I have no commercial interest in Scheppach, just a very satisfied customer. There is video of the thing in action he- http://files.recycleworks.co.uk/sifter-video.htm Bob And if you've got the kind of 'soil' that if you sieve it there's nowt left......................................? Actually you don't need to get too excited about a few or indeed a lot of stones in your soil - it's a total waste of time trying to get them out. I learned this many years ago when working with a bunch of sicilians who knew all about stony soil - and they knew how to grow stuff. If I can, I bust up very stony ground with a micro digger (goes through an 80cm gate), then rotavate and work in any organic material I can lay my hands on, be a bit more generous where significant long term plants are going to be planted Rod |
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