Quranist Hatfield

Well, I'm not sure about everyone else, but I think the most exciting thing about biogas is the use of human and animal waste along with true food waste, not switchgrass or corn cobs. Why? Because you take pure waste products, extract gas from them and use the remnants as fertilizer and a soil enricher. It can't get any better than that!  I also thought that for electricity (and also light) it would be best to tie a sytem like this into a methane or propane generator, and then also use the gas for cooking or also gas heat. I know that companies add sulfur to natural gas and it seems to burn off fine. Does the H2S burn off as easily as the sulfur they add or are they two different animals? Anyway I think using products that could feed cattle or livestock is a waste. I wouldn't be raising pigs personally, so kitchen waste (there is youtube vidoe about this in india) and biological waste (hint, hint) is perfect for utilizing what could be a pest attractor or a pollutant and turning it into a beneficial and completely natural product that will help me grow more things and better!

Godbless,
Quranist

I hope I am not changing topic, but since dear eat acorns, do cows, sheep or goats also eat acorns?

Biogas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfjC5Hq0hU&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnKYlDC1Es8&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dbqQ2fPNNE&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjoSNv_plZQ&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ItMOcF-fu4&feature=channel_page

Woodgas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCtLZWnTuog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8SEv_FKSPY&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xmRWw9LWFw&feature=channel_page

Godbless,
Anwar

Peace,

All of the green fibers left after the syrup making can go to your goats or cattle. Or you can make silage.

Godbless,
Anwar

Jenn,

You are right about it being a main ingredient in bird feeds. I don't know why because it is GREAT people feed. You can cook it up just like grits or as I said before cook it up and just add fresh(preferrably raw) milk. You can also blend it up in water, make a thick mix and bake it in a banana leaf to get a very good, moist cornbread. You can also just make cornbread from it or arepas (add coconut milk, raisins and honey/sorghum syrup/sugar). When I say this stuff is great I mean it. It wil expand more than rice and you can get more food out of a cup of this than you can get out of a cup of rice. Grow and cook sorghum. You will be pleased. If you can make some syrup do that too. Last time i tried this I cut up the stems after harvesting the seed, blended them, strained them and then boiled them down into a syrup. The stuff was to die for.

Godbless,
Anwar

I have never grown one but I would like to. Has anyone here grown pawpaws here?

Godbless,
Anwar

Peace,

I love EM. I make a second culture (about a gallon) and use that to spray my food waste now instead of making the bokashi mix. It's very easy. And you can ferment and bury anything. There are no, no-no's. Maybe milk, but I bury my bad milk anyway. Other things that are too liquid I also just put right in the ground or around my plants. I use the compost tea as fertilizer as well. My trash doesn't stink anymore and I have free fertilizer for the garden and a soil enhance. You just can't beat that. I also make drinks out of it from honey and one time I used sorghum syrup and got a delicious wine/beer out of it. EM is definite on my favorite things list and everyone should have it. I also make fish fertilzer from it when I buy fish and gut the fish. I mix the fish with some EM and I have a product that will not stink up the place but will definitely ferment. It even bubbles up when you open it up.

Godbless,
Anwar

BY the way to get back to ginger. I have some growing in my backyard now from ginger that I bought at the store. A knot started growing on it and I planted it. I took a very long time for it to come up. I heard they like it moist but not too moist. I also put coffee grounds on it and it responded very well. Hoping to have my own organic backyard ginger to use. I'm really not sure when to take it out of the ground. It keeps putting up new shoots slowly but surely. So I don't want to destroy it just yet. Is that being greedy or safe? I don't really know. Maybe a little bit of both.

Godbless,
Anwar

By the way, as far as Nematodes. Is there a way to get rid of nematodes? And do beneficial nematodes kill pest nematodes.

Godbless,
Anwar

Ever try Sorghum? It's a great crop. The grain tastes delicious and with some varieties you can even process the stems to make syrup. Fresh sorghum (soaked and blended then boiled with fresh raw milk added doesn't need any sugar. It creates its own sweet taste. It is also somewhat drought tolerant and if the soil is cared for it is very prolific. It will try to produce up to 3 heads of grain (or course it will be limited by fertility, but it will try nonetheless). I have abou 6 varities in the house spread about. A giant variety, dale, red candy, San Pablo, honey drip and another one. I don't grow them all at once and i haven't grown a few yet. But sorghum is most impressive in food and feed value as well as prolificness and drought tolerance. I love the stuff. The only drawback is that it loves heat and you cannot grow it in very cool weather. I am a sorghum fan and promote it wherever and whenever I can.

Godbless,
Anwar