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so do ya'll have homemade ones or what? i saw on here someone found a deep fryer basket. where would i find one like that and does it work good? i have left over mesh from the bin i could use to somehow make one. i think the openings are 1/4 inch. is that too big? gimme some ideas...
Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004
| Seeded: 72.70.213.190
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I have an old childs bed base, (the bed base is old, not the child) with the interwoven wire on a timber frame. It's about 4' by 2'. My dad used a double bed base years ago to sift sand for concrete. You could use a string bag if you had to. A bucket with a few hundred holes drilled in its base. A truck aircleaner body. A motorised shredder works great for breaking up compost. A bit expensive though. Fine (1/2") birdwire would work. Double it up if the holes are too big. 1/4 inch mesh sounds OK. Just make it work:-)
* * * * The secret is the soil. Plants: 1184 | From: East Coast | Registered: Sep 2004
| Seeded: 146.38.90.16
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I had an old fryer basket around here that I use that to sift my vermiculture. You can also pick them up many times at yard sales.
* * * * "Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!" Plants: 6492 | From: Illinois | Registered: Feb 2006
| Seeded: 199.217.139.109
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I took an old window screen and a screw driver for poking holes and then wire cutters for increasing the size of the holes. For the little bit I do it's great. Although if you have a large amount of compost my little screen would take forever lol.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.72.245
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wow- that's some sifter. looks great- i like the fact you can push the wheelbaroow right up under there too. a bit big for me i think though but an awesome idea- maybe i could use it to come up with a smaller version. i'll have to think on it. if i get a whellbaroow i could custom fit some sort of sifter to the top and then as i shovel the compost on top of the baroow it would be good right? hmm...... the gears are spinning.....
Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004
| Seeded: 71.161.240.230
quote:Originally posted by pagarden: if i get a whellbaroow i could custom fit some sort of sifter to the top and then as i shovel the compost on top of the baroow it would be good right? hmm...... the gears are spinning.....
That's how I use mine PA. A couple shovel-fulls and a few shakes of the sifter and viola!
* * * * John - Zone 6 Plants: 1068 | From: Connecticut | Registered: Aug 2005
| Seeded: 209.178.236.58
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hehe- i told my husband my idea last night and he just gave me a priceless look! LOL he still thinks of it as my "garbage pile" i think maybe after my first load he'll see what i'm talking about and understand a bit better. until then- i laugh at the faces he gives me!
Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004
| Seeded: 72.70.219.131
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When I ask my husband to do things, he pretends to be tired, then when I keep talkin', he slumps' lower.. and if I keep talkin', he flops his hands on the floor like he's dyin' or something, he is sooooooooo funny.. I laugh so hard when he's doing it, you really have to see it.. it's like I'm suckin' the life outta him..
hmmmmmm, wonder if he's if he's up'ed his insurance..
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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