A few years ago, Alex Cole of Little Foot Yurts would visit us in the Fall (see post, Coppicing and Charcoal-Making).
He would make Biochar, using an old dairy condenser on Andrew’s property across the road.
(image by K.salo.85 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0)
One of the participants was Rick Ketcheson from Annapolis Royal.
Today Rick and Kathy invited us to attend a Biochar event on their property in Perotte. It was a beautiful day to be outside making Biochar.
Afterwards, we came home via the old military road to West Dalhousie. We did not see a soul. Even the campground at Gibsons Lake was deserted. Along the road the tamarack foliage was simply spectacular.
The previous day, we had been to Annapolis Royal for a medical appointment. Afterwards, at about the same time (3 pm) we went over to Parker’s Cove to take the coastal road to Hampton The same late afternoon light highlighted the striking colours of the foliage on North Mountain.
This evening, I checked my book shelves, I found Sacred Soil: Biochar and the Regeneration of the Earth, dated 2017.
(see post Overstory)
Acknowledgements
To Rick and Kathy Ketcheson for inviting us to the hands-on demo at Perotte. Rekindling our interest in Biochar. Edward Wedler continues to make a significant contribution to these blogs. He searches the web and finds interesting connections. This week, he heads down to Florida, as a snow bird. We will try to maintain the connection. Heather travelled the same road with me.
References
Robert Tindall, Frederique Apffel-Marglin and David Shearer, 2017, Sacred Soil: Biochar and the Regeneration of the Earth, North Atlantic Books.
Ernest Blair Experiment 