DIY Charcoal And Biochar For Homestead Use ~Epi-013
The Sovereign Homestead Podcast
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Show Notes
Today's show is a great primer for those of you new to the concept and practice of making charcoal and biochar. We will cover:
- What is charcoal vs. what is biochar?
- The MANY things you can do to increase your homestead productivity with charcoal AND biochar
- HOW to make your own charcoal - we'll cover the theory, and then a bunch of practical methods and the characteristics, pros and cons of each.
- 4 Ways to make biochar from charcoal - there are more, but these are a great way to start
If you are a grower or a producer, charcoal and biochar deserve a place on your roster of regenerative techniques that take what is typically a waste or nuisance (brush, slash, excess carbonaceous material) and turn it into a multi-generational asset in your soils and throughout your landscape and home. Plus, making char is fun!
Show Resources
- Jon Jadai of Pun Pun Organic Farm in Thailand talks through his low-tech method of making charcoal with a 55 gallon drum TLUD.
- DIY Instructional Video from Aqueous Solutions on making your own 55 gallon TLUD.
- Charcoal Trench method
- Our curated YouTube playlist of a bunch of different charcoal making methods.
- Biochar
- ARTICLE: Uses in poultry farming
- ARTICLE: Biochar in cattle farming
- PDF Instructional for conducting clean, safe, effective top-lit burn piles in the forest to make char.
- ARTICLE: 55 Uses For Biochar
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