Making liquid fertilizer from comfrey leaves is a widely accepted process in the organic gardening world. The problem with the traditional method is that it makes a very smelly liquid that is unpleasant to use. My device does away with the smell and makes lots of rich dark plant feed […]
Experiments
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I made up a biochar compost a few months ago using crushed hardwood charcoal at about 10% to 15% by volume, leaf-mould, blood and bone fertiliser with a little mycorrhizal fungi. On inspection I decided it was a bit too glutinous, so I added some horticultural sand to make it […]
When something new comes to our attention we often accept it without question. Even with all the evidence presented on the Internet about Biochar, it makes sense to do some tests to prove for yourself whether or not the claims can be replicated. I have an allotment where I grow […]
After a prolonged drought over the summer of 2019 in the Cambridgeshire area, the fields of clay soil were cracked and hard as concrete as one might expect. Then the autumn rains came, much more extreme than usual. This made lifting root crops hard work and heavy machinery puddled and […]
Making Biochar is an immediate way of beginning to tackle the vexed problem of carbon dioxide and methane emissions. I’ve decided to try and bring it to the attention of a wider audience so that anyone can experiment in their back yard. What is biochar?Biochar is made from wood or […]