My creative husband built this dirt sifter for our garden. The dirt in our garden is almost more rocks than dirt! It makes it hard to dig, and not easy for the plants to grow. We had been given some sod, so we needed to prepare the dirt.
You put the dirt in one end and crank the barrel. There is 1/4 inch mesh so that anything smaller goes through the mesh and collects in the buckets below. Anything bigger comes out the end.
The slanted wood acts like a corkscrew to move the rocks through the barrel. If the soil is damp, you can turn it in the opposite direction to keep it in the barrel longer so the dirt shakes off the rocks.
below is how our sod area looked after the dirt had been sifted and raked out:
We also use this to sift our compost. I'm tellin' ya - 1/4 inch compost is a beautiful thing to "be-hold". It feels wonderful!
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