Biochar burn this weekend. I keep wanting to build a retort to handle ongoing construction waste. But that’s a lower priority welding project, meanwhile the wood keeps piling up.

Been doing small burns in the “best biochar kiln” to get a sense of how a burn goes. Stepping it up with a 3’x2’x12’ trench. The small amounts done so far have been awesome in the seed starter and garden this year. Time to up the scale.

Did a property cleanup as we got into fall. 5 14’ dump trailer loads of wood run through a trench burn. Went quick, and burned hot. Less than 4 hours to burn through the lot. Even if I didn’t want the biochar, so much faster to burn that way than the traditional Agricultural burn pile.

Quenched with 3 IBC totes of water. Need to find a good way to bulk crush it, mag sweep for metal and then screed it now.

#grownostr #biochar #permaculture #yamhillvalley

@jackspirko Jack you jerk, got me started down this biochar path. Now I have a better use for an existing waste stream.