Making biochar can be as easy as tending a campfire. I'll show how 10 gallons of biochar was made in about 45 minutes using a cone shaped pit during this video. I also show how charcoal was made using my Bar-B-Q. It's as easy as enjoying a campfire in the backyard, followed by extinguishing the hot coals with water. What remains is charcoal that can be burned later with the grill for cooking, or crushed and mixed with an active compost pile to inoculate it with beneficial microbes and nutrients. Then when that compost applied to the garden, it adds even more carbon to the soil than it would otherwise. And that carbon from the charcoal can last a long time. I have read about fertile soil located in parts of South America, referred to as Terra Preta, that was created by people using charcoal with compost long ago and is apparently still very rich in carbon. A video that explains some of the benefits biochar has to offer is listed below. Some books that helped me learn about biochar, microbes, and charcoal in general are also listed below. I receive a commission from some of the links in the description. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.


Books that Helped Me Learn How to Make Biochar:

- Gardening with Biochar: https://amzn.to/3S4oecF

- Making Charcoal and Biochar: https://amzn.to/3OFr3jo

- Teaming with Microbes: https://amzn.to/3tS48dx


Gloves I Wear in the Video: https://amzn.to/3xDggRd


What is Biochar? How does it Improve Soil Fertility? (video link)
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Biochar has many benefits for garden soil and can even help mitigate the effects of pollution. This is the cheapest and easiest method I know of to make biochar, but there are other ways that are more efficient and can produce higher quality charcoal. The first two books mentioned above both include information on how to make higher quality charcoal than I typically get using the method shown in the video. The more efficient methods involve using kilns or retorts. The second book listed above, "Making Charcoal and Biochar", is particularly detailed about the subject of kilns and retorts and gives a little history along the way. Doesn't have much info about gardening with biochar, but it does include a lot of good information about making charcoal. The first book, "Gardening with Biochar", provided me with enough info to start making my own biochar and also gave some history as well as info on how to use it in the garden. I read it first. The last book listed, "Teaming with Microbes", is about the microbiology in soil. It helped me to better understand how to promote healthy soil ecology.


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