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DIY Soil Sifter Using Recycled Materials

BY: @artonmysleeve | CREATED: July 3, 2022, 4:25 p.m. | VOTES: 144 | PAYOUT: $13.59 | [ VOTE ]

Hi guys,

Today I have made something that I have wanted to do for a while, I made a soil sifter.

I decided that the soil I had turned over needed going through to get out all the roots and large stones that I don't want there.

I had a plan, and some energy as I have been to the car boot sales today so did a lot of walking looking for bargains.

I got some pallet wood that I had leftover from building the shed.

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And while I was tidying up the first day I got my allotment I found some quarter-inch wire mesh, it's a bit rusted but will do the job that I want it for.

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I started off by making a square out of the pallet wood and counter-drilling the wood so the screw didn't split the wood.

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And what was amazing lady luck was on my side as it fits over my wheelbarrow.

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I then took it for a test run and put some dirt on it.

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Now, this is a manual sifter so you have to hold the tray with your hands and move it back and forth until the soil goes through the mesh.

I found it to be quite easy to do and I didn't overfill it so it wasn't that heavy either.

Once the soil had gone through the gaps I have lovely fine soil and I can add horse manure into it to make my soil more nutrient-rich.

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One thing I found was it got out like 90% of all the roots, there were still some fine ones in it, all the big stones and large muck was left over and I placed this to one side.

The roots will go in the compost bin when that is up and running, the larger muck that's there I am going to place this down where my paths are going to be, this will work well as I am going to turf the path.

Hope you like my sifter and until next time, stay safe.

TAGS: [ #gardening ] [ #garden ] [ #diy ] [ #blog ]

Replies

@nikv | July 3, 2022, 7:48 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

A sifter is essential equipment: mine is pretty similar to yours and it turned up all sorts of strange and interesting objects in my soil - coins from 1915, you name it

@artonmysleeve | July 3, 2022, 10:35 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

have you got a post on the coins you found @nikv? I'd like to see them, I did find a plastic comb while sifting today, it looked quite new and didn't make sense why it would be there as this allotment has not been turned in years.

@mers | July 6, 2022, 1:48 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Oh your soil sifter is good and practical. Good to segregate materials that remained in the soil. This gave me an idea on how I could trap the white bugs that has been in the soil during winter...

I found a soil sifter in our garage in Spain that was used by our mason while they were building our house. They used it when they needed fine sand to finish a wall with cement/sand combination. I do not have a photo since I am here in Vienna, but its a round one that has a wire mesh attached to a plastic frame ... I haven´t used it though since I have a cactus and succulent garden there. The sifter is similar to this one (Amazon, costs 10Euros) but a bit bigger in diameter.

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@ligayagardener | July 7, 2022, 8:19 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Nice build! Well sifted soil is a great medium to plant directly into

@goldenoakfarm | July 7, 2022, 9 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Love finding or making free things. Good job!

@senorcoconut | July 8, 2022, 10:32 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Me too!!!!

@senorcoconut | July 8, 2022, 10:31 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Yes, I love it! I really have been meaning to build a sifter... ain't much to it and I have plenty of material I could use for it too.

Looks awesome, and so does your soil now too. Thanks for the inspiration!

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