How To Separate Rocks From Garden Soil?
i am cleaning out an old planting area where the previous owner had bushes and used red rocks for mulch. I am making it into a nice flower bed but am struggling with an easy way to separate the rocks from the soil (which is quite good). I plan to reuse the rocks, as much as possible, by adding to other areas where they are already in use. any ideas?
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A screen box is best, and the mesh is approx 3/8 to 1/2 inch for best results.
I’ll assume the rocks aren’t that small in general. They can be used after the fact as a bed covering, like a mulch, or in ares where a French Drain might be needed.
Frame with 2/4′s as large or small as you feel is adequate, horseshoe nail the selected piece of screening to the frame, set in on blocks, saw horses, milk crates, use a bucket under, a wheel barrow under, or just let it sift to the ground.
Rev. Steven
Build a screen box.
you could bend over and pick them out……..just think of it as a good exercise for your hips
buy a strainer
Nasty nasty dirty work that, you need a riddle. They look like big industrial strength kitchen seives. It takes ages though, and its dull, and theres always more rocks.