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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Question About Hugelkultur Mounds
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:16:49 -0500

Mathew Waehner wrote:

These fires would have burned through the understory but not consumed the
trees. I can't guess the amount of ash produced, but it was probably more
than a "thimbleful to a wheelbarrow load".

.... every thirty years.
ash wound up on the surface so it got distributed throughout any watersheds adoining the area set fire to, streams and lakes included;
not likely there was widespread soil toxicity from this.

Matthew:

I have heard that advisories have been issued that because of mercury contamination, not to eat but a limited mount of fish caught in municipal, farm and homestead ponds throughout the USA, at least in areas succeptible to fallout of heavy metals, i.e. mercury, in emissions from coal fired power plants by way of acid rain.

Is this true and is the problem this bad and so widespread.

As for BioChar, revisited, I have need of that as well as charcoal for blacksmithing and have plenty of pine to use to make these valuable products. We should start a Triangle area permaculture potluck group
and have workshops from time to time, BioChar and Hugelcultur being two
great topics to learn more about..

LL




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