Regenesis Kauaʻi
Cover of Island Biochar
Ebook

Island Biochar

Turning yard waste into living soil: legal ways to make it or buy it, clean-burning methods, bigger machines, useful heat and how to use biochar in the garden.

30 pages · Regenesis Kauaʻi

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What’s inside

From the book’s table of contents.

  1. 03What biochar is
  2. 04Why it helps island soils
  3. 05The Amazonian blueprint: Terra preta
  4. 06Before you burn: Hawaiʻi’s rules
  5. 07Buying good biochar
  6. 08Good feedstocks
  7. 09Drying and sizing
  8. 10Method 1: the cone kiln
  9. 11Method 2: the TLUD cookstove
  10. 12Putting it out and crushing it
  11. 13Good char vs. bad char
  12. 14Bigger machines: retorts and large kilns
  13. 15Mobile and community units
  14. 16Using the heat
  15. 17Wood gas and gas safety
  16. 18Charging biochar
  17. 19Beds, trees and pots
  18. 20Coops and compost
  19. 21How much to use
  20. 22Fire safety
  21. 23Smoke, neighbors and biosecurity
  22. 24A year of biochar
  23. 25Common mistakes and fixes
  24. 26A small-yard plan
  25. 27Tools and supplies
  26. 28Words to know
  27. 29Where to get help

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