Sanctuary Season Opener



I have heard a lot about biochar as an extremely good amendment for soil. It way outlasts other carbon forms and its cell structure houses microbial organisms quite well. Typically bio char is produced through a gasification process from bio mass such as woodchips or plant stock. The Yarden harvests bits of biochar from our wood ashes. We heat with wood and even with a highly-rated efficient stove, we get a decent amount of wood charcoal bits in the ashes. I havent figured out how to best use the ash by-product, but when I came across this giant sifter, it struck me that the charred bits of wood could be easily sifted from the ashes just going from bucket to bucket. here is the simple system in practice...

Here's a minizine on making your own kombucha. I put this together to give away with kombucha daughters to home-fermentation newbies. View/print as .pdf below
This is a short animation inspired by a friend being ticketed for riding without a bell.

|
|