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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 6 Entries.
Thursday, January 15 View Page
2026 Bridge Patch is under construction. Rebuilt ~50yrd wood chip compost pile and got it back up to 140F on Jan 13. Adding 35 yards of compost(cow and horse). 5 yards of biochar, 100lbs of Nature Safe 8-3-5 and ~20 yards of topsoil(so far).
Thursday, January 15 View Page
from Dec 20th
Friday, January 16 View Page
Bio Char has been a fun winter effort. Chopped ~cord of wood, dug a 3x6x10 pit, and got the fire started at the bottom of pit with a small amount of the wood.
Friday, January 16 View Page
Over the next 3hrs, added a layer of wood every ~10min as it began to ash, till I ran out of wood.
Friday, January 16 View Page
Drenched fire w/water(~500gal). Mixed in a yard of manure compost, and probably ~yard of top soil.
Friday, January 16 View Page
Hauled the resulting ~4yrds(1/2 yrd per load) of charged BioChar over to the garden.

 

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