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    Hi all,

    If this is in the wrong place please advise where to put my listing.

    I am trying to remove the stones and deep couch grass roots from a new allotment plot. There is a lot of building rubble here ( it used to be a dumping ground area) of the allotment site.

    Before I jump into building a trommel out of an old cement mixer etc, i was hoping someone may have already gone to the trouble and have a motorised / mechanical soil sieve or trommel in the wider Oxfordshire area that I may be able to borrow.


    Please help

  • #2
    That's a lot of effort?

    I have very stony soil but just chuck them in a bucket as I come across the bigger ones, then use the stones to make a path
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      If the stones get trapped in the tynes of your fork throw them out the rest you can leave these hold the moisture and help drainage

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      • #4
        trommel for allotment

        Originally posted by evsnathan View Post
        Hi all,

        If this is in the wrong place please advise where to put my listing.

        I am trying to remove the stones and deep couch grass roots from a new allotment plot. There is a lot of building rubble here ( it used to be a dumping ground area) of the allotment site.

        Before I jump into building a trommel out of an old cement mixer etc, i was hoping someone may have already gone to the trouble and have a motorised / mechanical soil sieve or trommel in the wider Oxfordshire area that I may be able to borrow.


        Please help
        I'm sorry this is so belated but I wonder how you solved your problem in the end. Did you manage to borrow a trommel or did you make one? It's just that my partner has just finished building one (we're also in Oxfordshire) which you'd be welcome to borrow if still needed!

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        • #5
          The OP hasn't visited the site since posting 4 years ago so I doubt will see your message. You could try a PM and see if he responds to that.

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