Biochar making

This exciting course covers the relevance of biochar making for improving immediate results in the art of boosting food production. The Amaronian Indians made biochar on a massive scale to support over a million people in the Amazon jungle on the very thin top soil (Permaculture!)

You can also use the resultant charcoal as a bar-B-Q fuel and is worth £1 per Kilo.
Temperatures of 450*C will be achieved

collecting the fuel to charge the burner from our mature woodlands and how we can also use 3 other feedstocks
Preparing the feedstock and filling the burner
Lighting the burner
How this burner can be used for 3 other purposes simultaneously
Removing the char from the burner
Crushing the char
Different rates of addition to finished compost
The End product has to be crushed to increase the surface area before adding to compost to make it “active”.
This course costs £70 each and includes V/v lunch and refreshments and is suitable for anyone over 16 years of age. and is held at the Well End Micro-farm. Please email for booking details [email protected]