SOURCE: William Stepchew (billstepchew@gmail.com)
SUBHEAD: Workshop at Kauai Nursery, Saturday, December 3rd 9:30am, on making your own biochar.
By William Stepchew on 21 November 2011 in Island Breath -
(http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-make-biochar-for-your-garden.html)
Image above: A biochar harvest from system for under $400. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81339495@N00/sets/72157617279225172/).
Biochar is charcoal; virtually pure carbon made from "pyrolyzed" plant matter; woodchips, sawdust, seed hulls, hay, etc. It is being used to improve soil for gardening and food production. Topics covered will be:
WHEN:
Saturday, December 2, 9:30 - 11:30 am
WHERE:
at Kauai Nursery and Landscaping,
3-1550 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihue
See also:
Ea O Ka Aina: The Real Eldorado 3/3/11
Ea O Ka Aina: The Biochar Solution 12/10/10
Ea O Ka Aina: Save the World with Biochar 4/26/10
Ea O Ka Aina: Biochar goes Industrial 10/18/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Sacres Shrines & Skinny Chickens 8/26/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Searching for Terra Preta 8/7/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Soylent Black 1/11/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Black is the New Green 2/28/09
Island Breath: Rethinking BioChar 10/15/07 .
By William Stepchew on 21 November 2011 in Island Breath -
(http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-make-biochar-for-your-garden.html)
Image above: A biochar harvest from system for under $400. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81339495@N00/sets/72157617279225172/).
Biochar is charcoal; virtually pure carbon made from "pyrolyzed" plant matter; woodchips, sawdust, seed hulls, hay, etc. It is being used to improve soil for gardening and food production. Topics covered will be:
- What is biochar, what does it do, who thought of this, why is it important.
- How to build and use a 1-gallon size biochar maker, a simple device and method for making small quantities of consistent, high-purity and easy-to-use biochar, suitable for home gardeners for use in potting soils and gardens.
- How to use biochar to improve your gardening and potting soil.
- |Other uses for biochar.
- Questions and Answers.
WHEN:
Saturday, December 2, 9:30 - 11:30 am
WHERE:
at Kauai Nursery and Landscaping,
3-1550 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihue
See also:
Ea O Ka Aina: The Real Eldorado 3/3/11
Ea O Ka Aina: The Biochar Solution 12/10/10
Ea O Ka Aina: Save the World with Biochar 4/26/10
Ea O Ka Aina: Biochar goes Industrial 10/18/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Sacres Shrines & Skinny Chickens 8/26/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Searching for Terra Preta 8/7/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Soylent Black 1/11/09
Ea O Ka Aina: Black is the New Green 2/28/09
Island Breath: Rethinking BioChar 10/15/07 .
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