Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

I can not think of any thing as destructive to the soil and organic matter as biochar. Farmers did not come up with this hairbrain idea.  I studied Brazilian jungle farming before the promoters got to college. Biochar destroys the one thing the soil needs more than any other thing: organic matter.  Burn it up and put the ashes on the soil.  Excuse me!

 

Ken Hargesheimer

--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org> wrote:

From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
Subject: [Livingontheland] Biochar Questions
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 6:43 PM

I am getting interested in biochar or terra prita. I am interested in 
hearing of anyone's applications to their soil. Did you buy it? Did 
you make it? What was your burner or retort like?

I am working to collect the barrels to make it but might want to buy 
some as well.

Thanks

Marty Kraft
Kansas City
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