Re: (Fwd) Re: [gardeners] Cement mixer?

Kay Lancaster (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:09:30 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Catharine's ma  wrote:

> A cement mixer? To mix dirt? Surely you jest!

That's exactly what we used at Iowa State to mix the
basic potting soil mix for the botany greenhouse.  Good
garden loam + sand + perlite, shoveled into a small
batch mixer, then tipped into metal garbage cans with
steam lines in place for sterilization.  It was really
quite an efficient system.   

Go fer it, Catharine!

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8 (polarfleece)