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Posted by Omelet on November 9, 2008, 8:13 pm
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> I was out scrounging today at a location where they abandoned a dirt
> operation. I was looking for plate and screen. I found a lot of both,
> particularly industrial screen that I now can make a hefty sifter to
> separate fine soil from the local rocks.
>
> What I did find were a dozen 40" diameter collars. They are galvanized
> steel, and use two allthread devices to suck them up. They were intended to
> join two large sections of galvanized pipe together. They are 16" wide, so
> they are perfect for tree rings. Having the split in them, just pull them
> apart, go around they tree, and bolt them together.
>
> Two of them stacked would make one perfect raised bed.
>
> Scrounging can be a good thing.
>
> We also found where someone had taken down a very large tree. They sawed it
> into 16" lengths. We loaded the pickup up, and I have a splitter. Easier
> than driving the 80 mile round trip to the local forest cutting grounds.
>
> Steve
Nice score!
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