Topic: Home made riddle

[Blue Bird]

Having seen one on a different topic would love to know how to make one over the wheel barrow as seen

thanks


BB

[katynewbie]

 :-[

d**n! Was expecting a funny play on words...

Getting coat...gone!

 ;)

[Blue Bird]

oops!!!!! I think I should have worded that different  ???  ???  ???  :-X

[kenkew]

Me thinks we're talking about my home-made riddle.
The wire, judging by the gauge, is what's called 'Pig fencing wire'.
The bit on my barrow I nicked from my mother who was using it as a drianer on her sink!
I just knocked a few bits of wood together as edging with a line of 1/2"x 1" wood on the inside to support the wire.
I put legs on it to keep it in place but to also use as a free standing riddle. It works really well. The holes are about 3/4" by 1 1/2" and are just right for catching big lumps of rubbish and for sorting soil from sod.

[Blue Bird]

Ken thats the one - will have ago at something simialr will let you know how I get on

Thanks

BB  ;)

[janet h 1948]

There's something similar in this months GW magazine.

[kenkew]

Darn....why didn't I patent it?

[Palustris]

If search was working you could go back and see the one I made so many years ago, the wood came from what was left of Noah's Ark!

[OliveOil]

its too narrow to be pig wire fencing - they have bigger squares... but looks good - i could certainly do with one!

[flytrapman]

For general sieving I use a old metal supermarket shopping basket which fits into the top of a black plastic dustbin

[kenkew]

Now that is clever, Flytrapman.

[Marymary]

For general sieving I use a old metal supermarket shopping basket which fits into the top of a black plastic dustbin

Now how am I going to get one of them?  :)

[cornykev]

Looks like we are all off to tesco's. ;D ;D ;D

[kenkew]

Never mind the basket, get the trolly!... :D

[prink13]

I want one!........................NOW!  ;D
 
Looks fantastic, I'm currently digging about 4" out of all my raised beds, to fill another very large bed - and that is a great way to sieve out all the stones and car parts in our soil!   :)

[kenkew]

Just think, you could wheel your trolly to any where you wanted it and sieve away to your hearts content.
You will of course ask the super-market for a spare trolly, won't you? Don't just chuck it in the back of your 4x4....(CCTV)

[Palustris]

Here is the original Riddle thing from years back
How I made a large riddle to sieve lots of soil.

All measurements are in Imperial because I have not yet mastered metric. And they are approximate since I used what was at hand.
Using 1.5 in by 1in roofing lath timber I constructed a rectangle of 5 feet by 3 feet. The corners were butt jointed and strengthened with corner brackets. (This size was made because that was the size of piece of chicken wire I had available.)
I stapled a sheet of 1/2 in chicken wire stretched tightly to the frame. To give more stability and to stop the mesh sagging I also stretched straining wire every foot across and down, woven through the mesh.
Then I fastened legs of same size timber to the top of the frame so that it sloped about 60 degrees. (Need to experiment to find best angle). When in use I also used a couple of tent pegs to stop the frame moving backwards when soil was thrown at it.
Dry (and it needs to be dry) soil is thrown (not too hard) at the top third of the frame. As it trickles down larger than wanted pieces stay on one side and smaller pieces go through.
If you wanted a more robust and longer lasting gadget than you could use the wire mesh sold for outside aviaries.
The angle of the legs should be such that the soil trickles down and breaks up as it goes, too shallow and it sticks, too steep and it falls off.
This does not work on wet or clay soil. Sorry, but then neither does the old fashioned garden sieve. Either way it is stii hard work, But at least you do not have the weight of the soil to lift as in a conventional system.
Now watch the experts come up with a better idea.
Photos not available, this film was lost be developers, before digtal too.

And that took me 23 minutes to find and post by the way!

[Blue Bird]

Thanks for all  the info

BB :)

[Andy H]

A shopping trolly filled up with soil and a tray on the bottom bit and just go up the road a few times. The state of the roads round here the vibration will riddle as you walk :-\

[SMP1704]

A low tech version here.

I bought a sheet wire mesh - staggered at the costs of it :o and was planning to use as a tunnel to keep birds off of baby brassicas.

This year, when the first batch of compost was ready, it struck me that the mesh could be placed over the wheel barrow, with the edges bent of the sides and then the compost riddled thro it.

It worked a treat and I can use the mesh as seedling protector later in the year.