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William Bronson wrote: How about a big stainless steel stock pot?
Harbor Freight has a set of 4 ,about 20 bucks.
Trees are our friends
Eating Bindweed
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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work -Peter Drucker
Dar Helwig wrote:
William Bronson wrote: How about a big stainless steel stock pot?
Harbor Freight has a set of 4 ,about 20 bucks.
Do you know if these stainless pot will stand up to the heat for very long?
"Hundreds of years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the type of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that it becomes a tourist destination"
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
"Hundreds of years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the type of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that it becomes a tourist destination"
Ben Zumeta wrote:Maybe this is a dumb question, but why do we need to make charcoal? Isn't charcoal making one of the telltale signs of an economic and ecological downward spiral? Could we make it in a way that utilizes the heat, carbon and other gases put off in the production process?
I'm not quite a lumberjack, but that's OK, I sleep all night and I dream all day; I'll coppice trees, I'll grow my food, and compost poo and pee! With a well and off-grid solar, it's a permies life for me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts
That's the holy grail and someday soon enough we'll figure it out. Hopefully like electricity, cars and computers when they first came out: very expensive and only for the very rich but today enjoyed by so many. Soon bio-char enthusiasts will develop better retorts, tluds, etc that utilize all products and by-products of pyrolysis. These new units will be robust, affordable, easy to use, safe, and readily available to everyone who requires heat and wants to make charcoal.Ben Zumeta wrote:Could we make it in a way that utilizes the heat, carbon and other gases put off in the production process?
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Freedom!
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Eating Bindweed
Eating Buckwheat Greens
Paul explains why I spend time here,better than I could myself.
Eating Bindweed
Eating Buckwheat Greens
Paul explains why I spend time here,better than I could myself.
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Eating Bindweed
Eating Buckwheat Greens
Paul explains why I spend time here,better than I could myself.
Dar Helwig wrote:My preferred method for making charcoal is to use 5 gallon paint pails with the lids. I put the wood in them and lower them into my 55 gallon burn barrel. Problem is that those steel pails are getting mighty rare. Does anyone know what industries or business still use them (instead of the plastic pails)? Or, do you have any ideas for another kind of container? I don't what to do the whole thing of creating a charcoal retort like the fancy youtube guy make. I'm not the handy and don't have the time or ambition. I just want some steel 5 gallon buckets with lids.
Abe Coley wrote:My favorite so far is to make it in a 55 gallon drum with a removable lid. Start the fire at the bottom, throw on more wood when the previous layer starts to turn white, put the lid on whenever i get done and put some heavy bricks on top to keep the lid sealed down. Lid also keeps the rain out if you're tryna keep it dry.
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List of Bryant RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads We love visitors, that's why we live in a secluded cabin deep in the woods. "Buzzard's Roost (Asnikiye Heca) Farm." Promoting permaculture to save our planet.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." —Albert Einstein
List of Bryant RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads We love visitors, that's why we live in a secluded cabin deep in the woods. "Buzzard's Roost (Asnikiye Heca) Farm." Promoting permaculture to save our planet.