A couple of days ago my husband saw an ad on Craig’s List for a mixer. This one was used to mix up peat moss and other stuff. We finally got in communication and arranged to go see it yesterday afternoon. The man and my husband got it into the back of our truck and we got it tied down securely for the trip home.
We backed the truck into our shop to where it was under the chain hoist. We were able to hook it up and raise it so we could then drive the truck out from under it and then let it down. My husband is going to put handles on it.
We will put it out behind the shop beside the bins under a tarp. We can then plug it in and use it to mix up the components of Mel’s Mix for the raised square foot garden. The black thing running along the side of the mixer is a handle that you use to turn the mixer over. I’ll then be able to dump it into a wheelbarrow to be taken wherever I’m adding Mel’s Mix.
I’ve mixed up the peat moss, vermiculite, and three kinds of compost in the wheelbarrow using a hoe, but it never got as mixed as I would have liked. Now I can do a good job of mixing things with a LOT less effort!
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