If you can't wait for "The Sift" to come to Minecraft, you might like this; it adds "The Sift" just as I imagine it will be, and there will be updates.
This mod is inspired by Plants vs Zombies, but I created all the textures myself. Basically, this mod adds plants and zombie variations inspired by Plants vs Zombies.
This mod make useful the useless biomes of minecraft making new mobs, structures and other things, but for now only updated the desert but there will be more in the future.