by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 19, 2011 | Green
With the super hot weather lately, there are different challenges to raising broiler chickens. These birds are hybrid and have trouble with extremes of weather. In the past we have lost many birds to the heat despite our best efforts, but we’ve also learned a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 28, 2011 | Green
Jim is two. He lives to do what his siblings do, from eating what they eat, to saying whatever they say (sometimes they regret that!), to… Helping with the biochar retort… **** **** **** **** *** Playing with the cow… *** *** *** *** *** and baby...
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 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...
