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Old 05-15-2006   #70 (permalink)
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Smile Re: Terra Preta New Article & making charchol

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Originally Posted by gost
Great article Michaelangelica.
The process I'm working on is to replace most or all of the "browns" in one of my compost piles with low-heat charcoal.
The literature suggests that additional N will need to be added

As for making the charcoal itself, have plans under way to build an eight foot wide solar trough. In the mean time, I thought I'd try making a batch in a 4 inch stovepipe by laying it in the side of my wood-fired steel barrel barbecue when we cook diner tonight. )
Glad you liked it.
I thought it was one of the best I've read.
Ancient stonehedge Wow!

Can you take photos of your experiments and let us all know waht happens?
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