What he said.

Al

I like to use a simple kitchen strainer that you can find at Target.. It works well for my Turface and would work to sift out the fines in your grit or Cherrystone. I do have large screens that my hubby made, but for making little amounts of mix, this works great!!

Have a a great day!

laura

Somehow I like the first picture, Laura. Several circles of different textures perfectly set in a sequence. My wife is always suspicious when I am looking for something in the kitchen since I often find most kitchen implements to be the perfect gardening tool for something.

Hi Tropic...

I had had to laugh because I do the same when I go into stores looking at items. We have a commercial store called " Restaurant Depot" for commercial buyers and I always go to the utensil section.. Hubby gives me the look because I'm at the strainer section or looking at mats to use for the winter. It's amazing how we can look at an item and see the possibilities for our plants and trees. Great minds.. :-)

i have many strainers and screens to use thank to seeing pictures of Al's sets of his screens that he made. My hubby made a set for me but used 2x4 so they are really heavy for me to use, but I don't dare complain.

Thank you for the kind compliment!!

This is one that is use for the kitchen sink. It works great too!!!

Laura

Good lord, that is a big well made screen. Mine are 24x16 inches made out of 1x4s. They are a tad smaller than plastic cement tub that I use to catch the screened material. About 20 yrs back I built my first screen so big that I ended up giving it to my neighbour to serve as a "gate" for her fenced backyard vege patch.

Chuckling hard here... My large screens could be used for dog gates too!!! But I would never say anything to him because he really put a lot of work into making them.. I guess when he looked at Als screens he thought those were 2x4' s instead of 1x4's. I feel like Wonder Woman lifting those screens. He made three with handles. Lol... He meant well.. :-)

ohhhh, still laughing.. " backyard gate". Oh my...

Have a great weekend!!

laura

Had to sub out the granite it is a little hard to fine in my area so I use pea gravel instead and it work the same my trees don't know the difference.

I water the same they grow the same here's a few pics pea gravel, turface and bark. The pea gravel cost $32 dollars for 300lb avg size Slightly larger than 1/8