permaculture

[Paul Cereghino <paul.cereghino@comcast.net>]

I seem to recall that Pain's chipper produces a fine sliver from wood, 
resulting in more surface area, greater microbial activity, more heat 
etc... would hog-fuel (as we call the below described material locally) 
heat up as well?  I have gotten some heat off of arborist chips taken in 
summer (good nitrogen content), and less off delivered hogfuel, but the 
pile sitting in my driveway hasn't heated up.. perhaps due to inadequate 
moisture... maybe high conifer content.  Given the size of Pain piles, 
and the fineness of materials... is he going for anaerobic 
decomposition?  What does a Pain pile smell like?  Has anyone here made 
such a monsterous creature?
Paul Cereghino
Olympia, WA

Steve Diver wrote:

> The equipment that cuts thru small trees and brushy
> undergrowth to create mulch is used in forestry, landscape
> clearing, and ecological restoration projects.  This equipment
> converts overgrown brush and woody lands into open lands,
> park lands, fire breaks, power line clearnings, etc.
>
> See:
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> Forest Products Equipment magazine
> http://www.fpemagazine.com
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> For example, see:
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> Fecon Bull Hog Brush Cutter/Mulcher
> http://www.fecon.com/bullhog/
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> These can be mounted on a big tractor or
> a skid steer and powered by PTO or hydraulics.
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> There's several equipment manufacturers that
> make these kind of brush chippers and mulchers.
>
> The low-cost alternative is to get a few dozen goats and turn
> them loose on an overgrown patch of woodland, then collect
> their manure and bedding for building a compost pile.  
>
> Steve Diver
> NW Arkansas
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