by Mark & Jill Baker | May 27, 2011 | Green
Our yard was very aromatic this week. The apple trees are blossoming. The lilacs were open. Mark moved the compost pile. It rained. The neighbors are spreading liquid manure thickly. I didn’t say all the aromas were good. Babies are part of nature’s...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 22, 2011 | Green
> While Peter Hirst was here, he showed the guys how to build a biochar burner called a TLUD, which stands for Top-Lit UpDraft pyrolysis. The basic components are a paint can (with lid and handle), a no.10 can, and two 28 oz. cans. It uses the principle of a top down...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 17, 2011 | Green
Even though it was rainy and breezy, several brave and curious souls arrived at the Michigan Biochar sponsored biochar seminar last Saturday. As mentioned before, Peter Hirst was the featured presenter. Peter is one of the foremost proponents of biochar in the...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 16, 2011 | Green
The rain is wonderful. The sun is great. We especially love it when it rains hard like it did yesterday and then is sunny and warm like today. The grass seemed to grow two inches! We spent the day outside as much as possible, with various degrees of sunburn to...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 12, 2011 | Green
We’ve had the privilege this week of spending a great deal of time with Peter Hirst of New England Biochar. Peter is probably on of the foremost experts on biochar in the U.S.. He is very knowledgeable about soils and biochar. Michigan Biochar, with which...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 25, 2011 | Green
One of Joe’s projects this spring is growing mushrooms. He’s got 2 or 3 varieties to get going. Last week the boys worked on the logs for the shitake mushrooms. This weekend I came across this article about mushrooms. I had trouble with the video, but...
