The new sifter for castings
My dad was an all around handyman. He could do any work around the house from building a room in the basement, fixing a leaking faucet to installing an electrical outlet. Unfortunately I did not inherit this ability and my dad never worked with me to enhance my handyman skills.
Now that I am getting older I think my handyman skills are improving, but my wife may argue with that.
Working in the garden, I believe I have improved my home improvement skills. When you enjoy your work, be it around the home or garden, it becomes easier. For example I needed a device to sift the soil from the worm box to create fine castings. Castings are important for making tea and other organic fertilizers for the garden.
The last one I made was a mess. So the other day I purchased the necessary wood and screen from the store and today I built one. It works well and hopefully is more durable than the last one. It took me a little (or lot) longer than it would take a real handyman but I accomplished the task and it works.
Part of making organic fertilizer, castings, is sifting the soil from the worm box. There are more efficient machines and ways of doing this job but for me this homemade sifter is simplest. All I need to do is put it over the wheel barrow, shake the screen, and rake the soil so the fine castings fall through the ¼ inch squares in the screen.
So another reason to Grow Renewable Affordable Food in a growing power home model garden is that it builds your confidence as a handyman or handywoman.
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