November 21, 2024

VIDEO: How to Make a $5 DIY Compost Sifter EASY!


A compost sifter is something that will save time and money in the long
run, and will help to improve the quality of your harden soil. Sifting
is also great exercise, so you can stay healthy and in shape even while
doing something as relaxing as gardening. Remember to like, comment,
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29 thoughts on “VIDEO: How to Make a $5 DIY Compost Sifter EASY!

  1. you have the greatest gift on talking s–t and saying very little. did you realize that? and you get two thumbs down====well earned

  2. Great, informative, excellent video! Made one of these for my pine pellet cat litter. Along with another video, it helped me navigate the tools/skills I needed to build one of these myself. ZERO carpentry experience, but with YOUR video + a few extra tools purchased from local lumber mill, I came out with a complete cat litter sifter designed for 4 litter boxes & 4 cats! Saves me HOURS of work and $$. Love the accent too, adorable! Thank you for your work!

  3. Good job. Done flawlessly.
    I did mine very similar. I used scrap 2x4s from a fence build. They were pressure treated (maybe not the best idea, but maybe it will make it somewhat weather proof). I don't have a car and only had $10 at the time, so I picked out the 4 pieces of scrap wood. I wanted it to be rectangular, so I picked out the longest 2, cut the longest one to the same size as the second longest one to make the longer side. Went to home depot with my mom (saw some nice crab apple trees there) bought 1/2 inch mesh. Borrowed a Drill, impact driver, 4 hex/star screws and tins nips and put it together. Still had some staples from the fence build but not much, so I had to use a staple gun to compensate. My long side of the sifter isn't that much longer than the short side, so it is closer to a square but it matches the wheelbarrow fine. I left one 2×4 6 inches long so that it could stick out 3 inches on both sides so that I can maybe hang it up like that. I could cut those ends off later if I decide that I don't need that, but so far I like it because it gives it a little foot that I can stand it on when dumping the half decomposed stuff back in the new pile.

    The compost that I have been sifting out is nice and this is my first compost harvest ever. It is dark like coffee, looks rich and fertile and smells like a forest floor. All of our compost smells like that when it's in the later stage because the bulk of it is organic yard waste like lawn clippings, brown birch leaves and birch sticks. All of our kitchen waste goes in it too but I can see how if we were limited to just using kitchen waste, the pile wouldn't be as big.

  4. Well done, but to me, should be exact size of wheelbarrow so none falls off the sides onto ground and wasted – as sifted compost is precious. Just measure the width and length of wheelbarrow then make it that size, rest it on top, put lots of compost in and rub it in, back and forth, with gloves on. Goes fast. Dump remains that didn't go through sieve into new compost pile.

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