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Old 25-04-2007, 07:28 PM
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Bought a rotasieve last year and have just started using it on my compost - it's the mutts nuts, well worth it, long term investment, also great for breaking up drying out soil.

And much less stressful that doing the riddling manually.
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Old 25-04-2007, 07:40 PM
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This sounds great Tony - can you describe to me what its like? Where would I get one from?
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http://www.rotasieve.co.uk/aboutrotasieve.htm

Et Voila as they say
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Thanks again Nick. So many tools to learn about. Never heard/seen one before
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Ah! moolie (sorry about the spelling! cooking utensil dont you know!) for the garden! Wow! think the £ is a bit steep!....now where did I put my cooking moolie?!

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I use a blue plastic mushroom tray .... a lot cheaper
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I was thinking of my moolie too DDL. I never seem to get around to using it in the kitchen!
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you know the blue lattice tray things that they throw away on the markets
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you know the blue lattice tray things that they throw away on the markets
Being bit thick here Nick - you put your compost in the big blue tray and then give it a shake? the little holes do the job? I've got quite a few mushroom trays and used them last year to grow my cabbage etc (that were eventually eaten by the cabbage white). How do you make sure your stuff goes through the holes?

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The advantage of the rotaseive is that you don't have to do all the physical shaking thing, saves on the arms, great if you're getting on a bit and want an easy way to riddle. And I can do the sieving much quicker with this that a conventional riddle.

Price is a bit high but they often come up on special offer in some of the gardening mags.
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Did you get it in France Tony and if so how much? Was there any saving on what we pay over here (£49)?
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Bought a rotasieve last year and have just started using it on my compost - it's the mutts nuts, well worth it, long term investment, also great for breaking up drying out soil.

And much less stressful that doing the riddling manually.
Whats wrong with having the shakes.
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No PW, bought in UK and had it shipped here, total cost was £56.

BW, I can think of bertter `reasons for getting the shakes than riddling - ok, let's get the Batman jokes over with!
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A spare 45 gallon barrell and a grinder and a bit of welding could make something similar a lot cheaper .Why not put it on legs so you can put the wheelbarrow below it ?
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Does anyone remember the guy on the Allotment Series? He made a cart which had a sieve on top, he rolled it back and forth and lovely fine tilth fell out of the bottom, he then wheeled it to the next spot. Very clever, I intend to do something similar one day.
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you know the blue lattice tray things that they throw away on the markets
Not round here they sell them for £0.50 each.
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You always end up putting half of the compost back in the bin to rot down more.
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