Found some photos of the #bonesauce process for all that are interested. As you make #bonechar as a by-product put it in vinegar for a few weeks to extract the calcium and phosphorus and you can use it as a really effectively foliar spray for flowering plants this is WCAP in the natural farming lexicon . The char can then be crushed and added to the soil or compost similar to biochar.
Nice 👍🏻 at some point I'm going to experiment with distilling or collecting wood vinegar. But that's future me's plans 😂
Yeah that's on my never ending to do list too 😂. I was going to baffle the smoke with the part I cut out of the oil drum kiln but I have made so much its finally burnt/rusted through so I have now used it to plug the holes in the bottom... time to get a new oil drum.
Yeah, that list never gets shorter does it ?? 😂
KNF opened my eyes to the simplicity of growing nutrient dense food. I really appreciate you sharing some visuals of the bonesauce process!
Your welcome, I have found a lot of the natural farming practices very effective too. I was making teas and ferments before but imos, fpjs and calcium sprays have made some of the biggest differences.
If you try it ramp up the fire not too fast and cover the pot over with ash and other fire material and leave it to cool overnight. I find it prevents the clay seal breaking prematurely.
Is the intent to char the bones without the volatiles escaping? And condensing the vaporized bone volatiles in the water? Similar to wood vinegar? Do you try and avoid the fire from heating up the water?
Yeah and it ends being quite thick and fatty from the marrow so it helps trap the volatiles that way too...so you don't want to make it with old bones.
Ok. So cut the bones to let the marrow out or do they come out during charging? Can you use bones that were previously used for broth?
Good question the ones I have were cut but I would assume it would leach out anyway. I guess you could use the ones already used for broth though I guess you would have slightly less nutrient in it if you wanted to use it for wcap later. Butchers will give them for free and cut anyway so if you are going there just ask them to give you some.
