Weekend Project #247 - Biochar

(Part 1 of my new ancient elements series: Earth, Wind, Fire and Water - How to Have Fun, Save the Planet, And Usually Not Mortally Wound Yourself in the Process)


How to (Sort of) Make Biochar (Fire, fire, FIRE!)

Careful! This could happen to your potato rake!

Intro:

First of all, you may be asking yourself the usual question that comes along with every post I write: "What the hell is he talking about?!?"  Good question.  As in most cases, I really don't know either.  But, for those of you who are (like me) not yet familiar with biochar, here's the skinny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar

Holy crap!  There's a lot of science in that article!  You should totally skip that. I'm certainly more comfortable with wikipedia articles that are more along the lines of anything on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_really,_really,_really_stupid_article_ideas_that_you_really,_really,_really_should_not_create (I really like #13, #38 and #39)

Seriously though, here's the way it works: