Compost Sifter

Rocks are everywhere here at Wild Ozark. Even when I rake leaves or clean out the chicken house I get rocks mixed in. A compost sifter would help when I’m trying to separate rocks and weeds out of the pile.

Compost Sifter Concept to Reality

I had an idea in mind of what I wanted and so I made a little sketch to show my husband.

Later that day he came into the house carrying a real-life version of exactly what I’d sketched, except his was perfect. Not like my drawing, which is NOT a good example of my artistic skill …

Compost Sifter my husband built from my sketch.

Perfection

If I had built this myself, I know it wouldn’t have been properly squared. There wouldn’t have been the attention to the details Rob gives to everything he builds or creates. He even angled the feet. On both ends.

Garden Work

If Spring ever returns, I’ll get to work with my new compost sifter on the manure pile for the garden.

Our new garden is raked (thanks to the rake he just rebuilt for the tractor) and looking very nice, but it too is peppered with small rocks on the surface. I know larger ones are hiding just beneath the top. So I might sift a little spot for each plant as I set them out so they can get a good start. We’ll see. That might be too much work.

Comments

4 responses to “Compost Sifter”

  1. sustainabilitea Avatar

    The one Bill made didn’t have legs and we used it not just for rocks but for the clay that is everywhere in NE Ohio. Not like that in Illinois, thankfully, but as we’re in a rental, I don’t do as much planting. 🙂

    janet

    1. Madison Avatar

      How did you use it for the clay, Janet? I have clay here, too, but that’s not so much the problem as the rocks and soil/sand with no organic matter in it.

    2. sustainabilitea Avatar

      The lumps wouldn’t go through. Breaking up big lumps of clay is no fun!

    3. Madison Avatar

      Ah, okay. I think big lumps of clay are as bad as rocks sometimes.

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