Overdue! 👍 I add wood ash, bones and spent brewing grain to the soil here. Building up the structure with charcoal is great but the sounds. Another reason to fire up the brazier.
Yeah - charcoal was super important technology. Critical for metallurgy & blacksmithing before coal was discovered/abundant. I'm primarily interested in it for cooking - LPG isn't the most reliable but I have wood galore out here.
I was interested in bio char years ago & made a few retorts. It was very labour intensive. Charcoal is an amazing soil amendment - it has a huge surface area (very porous) and absorbs moisture & nutrients. It encourages microbial biodiversity in the soil & increases fertility. It doesn't really breakdown in the soil unlike wood. Search for 'tera preta' - super interesting.
nostr:npub1vm6mluqu4k7ewfjwtj47s4m3gmxlxugdjuh7fwnt9c2v83rznwwq5veyae showed me how to do it cheaply & quickly. You would have met him had you been to one of the recent Bitcoin meetups. 😉
Discussion
No replies yet.