Trommel Compost Sifter made from Harbor Freight Cement Mixer and 55 Gallon Barrel

Trommels can be handy for sifting and sorting many things like garden soil and compost. In this video I make one from a Harbor Freight Cement Mixer, and an old 55 gallon barrel. Gardening in rocky heavy clay soil isn’t much fun, and the only solution is adding organic matter to the soil. Compost around here is either really expensive or very low quality so I make my own. The hardest part of making good compost is sifting it. So I finally got around to solving that problem. I can also use the tromel to sift the rocks out of my own top soil so it can be used in planters and raised garden beds. My 106 gallon Jora compost tumbler produces about 50 gallons of finished compost with each fill up. It’s insulated so it still works in the winter time, but the winter compost tends to be really wet making it much harder to sift than when it’s made during warmer weather. During the warm months it can churn out a batch every two weeks, I just never have enough time to sift it that often. Since