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electric seive??
"kev" wrote in message ... Hi there, I'm about to start digging up my old lawn in preperation to lay some new turf. I understand that I must disturb the soil under the old grass and filter out the large stones etc..... Does anyone know if any hire companies hire an electric type seive? Cheers Kevin. Kevin, have cross-posted you to 'uk.rec.gardening' because I suspect you probably need lawn advice more than tool hire advice. My 2p worth - if you dig over, fertilise, and level the area to be turfed I don't think you have to do more than rake over the surface to remove any stones sticking up to give a flat surface. Sieving earth is a real pain and regardless of the method - mechanical or manual - the soil to pass through the sieve has to be dry and crumbly so that it will release any stones. Imagine trying to sieve stones out of damp clay. :-( I would only attempt this if the ratio of stones to earth is very high so that repeated raking of the soil just keeps turning up more and more stones. I once built a large standing sieve (like a table with no top and a base of mesh) to try and make sieving easier but it was still a slow, frustrating and back breaking job. Most of the work is in getting the soil to the sieve, then back where it came from, plus regular emptying of the sieve. In conclusion; don't go there! Cheers Dave R |
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electric seive??
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... My 2p worth - if you dig over, fertilise, and level the area to be turfed I don't think you have to do more than rake over the surface to remove any stones sticking up to give a flat surface. Sieving earth is a real pain and regardless of the method - mechanical or manual - the soil to pass through the sieve has to be dry and crumbly so that it will release any stones. Imagine trying to sieve stones out of damp clay. :-( I would only attempt this if the ratio of stones to earth is very high so that repeated raking of the soil just keeps turning up more and more stones. I once built a large standing sieve (like a table with no top and a base of mesh) to try and make sieving easier but it was still a slow, frustrating and back breaking job. Most of the work is in getting the soil to the sieve, then back where it came from, plus regular emptying of the sieve. In conclusion; don't go there! Cheers Dave R But if you did decide to remove the stones, there is a tool from HSS called a 'Rota Rake' which will move the stones to one side, and do some cultivating/leveling. Might be of interest to you. See www.hss.com You will still have to remove the stones/clods though. Anthony |
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