I'd LOVE to get one of these. Can it be purchased in the states?
[HYPERLINK@www.harrodhorticultural.com]
[HYPERLINK@www.ferndale-lodge.co.uk]
[HYPERLINK@www.gardenlines.co.uk]
[HYPERLINK@]
Compost tool: Rotasieve
Your hyperlinks are not working.
Sorry, Soferdig. I'm new to this and don't know why they're not working. I posted the same on Gardening in Michigan and they're fine. But not in this forum or the Organic Gardening forum.
I'll look there. Thanks.
That is a neat device but it could be easily made out of 10" gas pipe and a spring on a metal steel mesh. But you probably would want to buy one. I haven't seen this one anywhere.
Thanks, Soferdig.
I'm not too mechanical. I get the pipe and the screen, but not the spring.
Well actually you get the same results with a Steel meshed concrete inlay. Then lay it over your wheelbarrow and shovel on the stuff and broom it through the mesh.
I've done that, also used a soil sieve, but my favorite so far is using the top of a finch cage. It's not too heavy and I can stand upright (saving my back) and sieve the compost right into a trash can or through a piece of mesh that lies on top of the trash can. That lets fewer sticks get through.
Yes finch cage, good idea! I was designing a sieve grinder using a big (power company) wooden spools and putting a 1/2" welded wire cover on it and putting small river rock stones in with compost to break up the compost by rolling the wheel on the garden to dispense the compost. It didnt work well with moist product and I went to a shredder.
Lacey & Sofer, Here it is: http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/product/Composting_Composting%20Accessories/GCO-050.htm
Thanks Dave47 but Lacy is trying to get an US source for this labor intensive meat grinder. LOL
Charley's Greenhouse & Garden has the rotary sieve here in the USA:
http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/index.cfm?page=_productdetails&productid=7599&cid1=207&cid2=520&cid3=-99
MM
Thank you so much, MaineMan!!!
You're welcome, Lacey.
MM
Anyone else find this product interesting? (Not you, Soferdig. :>)
I passed it on to Meg in the Northeast forum who was very excited about it!
I had D-Mail from the manufacturer in the UK, who's interested in getting it distributed in the U.S., so I'm not sure if it's exactly the same one as the one on charleysgreenhouse.com. It looks like the same one. The manufacturer says there are others out there, but feels their product is superior.
Maybe if we keep "chatting it up" we'll all have one soon!
Kristi
Its cute,and gadgety,but a rectangle w/2"x4"'s1/2"hardware cloth stapled to the bottom , over a wheel barrow,scratching it through the screen,with a hoe will do the same,just not as gadgety.Mike
Amen Mike sorry Kristi L but I am a Scot. We spend money on our women not tools. We make our tools so we can afford our women. LOL
I guess the part of me that's Scot is not speaking to me right now. :0)
Soferdig--How's this? Better (i.e., less wimpy, less expensive, bigger)?
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/compost-sifter-screen-sieve.php
Still looking at this and will likely build it soon because I have compost ready to be sieved. I just love this guy. I might even build a compost bin out of wood that it can sit on top of. Anything to save my back!
Kristi
Sorry Kristi you fell off my watch. Yes the other one looks better. Does the guy eat much food and how does your DH like having him around? LOL
Even my DH laughed at that.
He wonders how you chose your screen name.
Kristi
Sofie and Digger were my most recent dogs and I miss them so, I have them with me as I cruise the internet. Regarding above story: As a veterinarian I often describe the addition of a new cat to bringing home a new husband. They fight like heck for a couple of months and then become best friends. Just provide a schedule, and beer around a fire.
LOL
First the man came, then the dog, then the marriage. We all get along just fine.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/598345/
We do miss them when they're gone. I am a vivid and constant dreamer (in my sleep) and I see all of my dogs frequently.
Nice little doggie. I used to have big dogs then I started Kayaking and canoeing therefore terriers. Kip and Maddie here haveing fun.
Very nice. I wanted a small terrier. DH brought up the idea of a St. Bernard and he said my eyes got VERY big. We got her from Michigan SB Rescue 2 years ago when she was 3. She'd had quite a rough time on the streets of Detroit when she was young. Rescue had to get a lot fixed. Then a couple adopted her and when a baby was due, Our Girl had to go. She's very well behaved and hardly drools at all. She gets lots of attention when we walk her daily and when we travel (usually up to the U.P.-- she takes up the whole back seat of our Civic).
Do Kip and Maddie "help" you dig. Go earth dogs, go!
No they are trained to stay out of the raised beds. (Again terriers are the best cause they can think) I had labs before and forget it. Dig, roll, poop..... all where you don't want them to. Always be careful of SB with small children but I'm sure you know that. (I am a vet)
Hey look at my compost and you will see no sieve only soil structure. I like the big pieces. Even rocks.
She LOVES small children. She doesn't particularly like small dogs, though.
I had a Lab/Shepherd--she was a blast to play Frisbee with!
Ever curled up with Barragry's Veterinary Pharmacotherapy?
Never heard of it but I live reading PDR to keep up on drugs. I never "curl up" with veterinary non-fiction. I live in history non-fiction. Just finished "April 1865". I never knew that Arlington Cemetary was Robert E Lees estate.
Heck, I don't like small dogs. ;-)
Just wondering. DH edited that book. He's also a great reader and loves history. I didn't know about the cemetery but he did.
But now we're way off the thread. We've provided a local convenience store with a bucket to save coffee grounds for us. Trying to keep the worms happy in the beds.
So this rotosieve thing begs the question of why small compost material and not using it as it is? I do shred my big stuff but any bunches of perenials or trimmings are just thrown on the pile. Even the slow to breakdown pine needles. If I sived I would take 60% of the compost material away. I feel when I bury it in the soil (after composting) it continues to provide soil structure and composts away.
Your DH edited the book? Cool, is he a history prof or what?
That rotary soil sifter is just a big Foley Food Mill!!!
http://www.goodmans.net/item.asp?n=MI-50025&k=MI-50025&sc=DEALTIME
I've given up on the rotary sieve. It seems more suitable for small yard greenhouse work--seedlings and all of that.
I do like screening, though. Your way is much easier and better, I'm sure. In time I may give up my foolish ideas. We are thinking about getting an enclosed bin for food scraps, though. We live in a fairly urban environment where rodents have come when I put up bird feeders, so I'm sure they'd just love it if I put banana and vegetable peels and such in my open wire bins.
DH and I are freelance medical editors. We get to work at home. Our SB likes that a lot and so do we. I can take a break and just walk out into the garden any time.:o)
Soferdig, came across this thread & been reading it & others for composting since I"m trying to find out how to make a good bin for my small yard. I love the pics of your sweet lil dogs! My DH & I love little dogs.
~*~ Suenell
Welcome Suenell we are always glad that someone else like to look into rotting compost. It is easy and you will get lots of ideas here. If I had a small yard I would make it a piece of art. Compost below and Iron works (ornaments) above. Then everyone who looks into the garden to see it will see that you are serious about reclamation and recycleing. Glad to have you. Maddie says Hi.
