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Biochar should be made around the 450-550ish mark. It should contain no or low volatiles/PAHs. It should be quenched as part of the process so the material is hydrophilic. The term Biochar means it...

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HEALING THE PEOPLE,
HEALING THE LAND, HEALING THE WATER
TE WHANGI TRUST

29th- 30th April, 2013

The Te Whangai Trust on the Kaiuau Coast (near Thames) is hosting two days...

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Here is a sneak peak, The main chamber uses a recycled upside down 45kg gas tank. The main chamber in insulated with loose Perlite which in held by an outer 44 gallon recycled drum. It has...

Did someone say Biochar =)

If you want to use bamboo, make sure it's bone dry and it contains no sealed sections which can explode as pressure builds up. Makes a really nice biochar.

The...

I like to mix up my mulches so I get different types of nutrient and biology. I also find that woody mulches can create water proof layers when repeatedly applied so by mixing up the mulches the soil...

I wish I could take credit for that one. But I totally agree with it.

'The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.' Masanobu Fukuoka

Watch and learn from the site before you start. Learn how sun, water, wind, frost effects you site.
Draw a plan or guide, but feel free to change it as you go.
Write down the technical names and...

I had some damage here, most of it is cleaned up now. Lost about 15 bananas but I did get a few hands off them. Some of my Vetiver grasses were also blown over but in the end did the job in slowing...

I only way to know your producing safe 'chemical' free biochar is to use a chemical free feed stock. If you don't know if your pallets have been treated don't use them. A lot of chemicals/heavy...

You could use wide leaf plants like Arrowroot, use the Arrowroot on the bottom layer and build up from there, you just want to be able to smother the grass and weeds. You could use grass clipping too...

I use logs for most of my garden edging, when they break down I just replace them with more logs, all my logs come from either neighbours burn piles or just before they were about to be mulched. I...

We had 65mm over the two days following my post :clap:

We did not have enough rain to create movement of water into my catchment systems but anything is good at this point.

The grass will start...

We had 32mm over night, rained a constant amount most of the night, not enough to create water movement across the landscape and end up in my swale system. But it was still a nice drop. :clap:

It has already evaporated... lol... It's gonna rain tonight... =)

Well we getting something... not much but better than nothing. =)

It's funny watching nature around my place, we have been in a bit of a dry spell here for a few months, the ground is as hard as hell and apart from my watered food forest everything on my property...

I deposited $10 into you Nigerian bank account and have yet you receive the rest of the story.... This isn't a scam is it? =)

Yeah I always have a hot time making Biochar.... =) The engineers put insulation in the top of my unit so I can't fry up lunch no more =( I might try tipping a bag of popcorn in the unit next run for...

You could post me a prepaid large auspost express (overnight) bag and I can send you some to get you started. My postal address is on my business website under 'about us'. It's the Contact and postal...

Have you done an avoidance test with the worms? Give them an option on where they can go and what they can eat. Eg using a tray add your worms and castings and add a block in the centre, add the...