{"product_id":"diy-biochar-in-small-batches-uk-pyrolysis-black-soil-magic-and-compost-paperback","title":"DIY Biochar in Small Batches: UK Pyrolysis, Black Soil Magic and Compost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Trebor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Soil Magic is a fabulous and sustainable soil amendment that acts like a sponge to hold nutrients, microbes, and water. BSM reduces leaching and, once made, captures carbon, removing it from the carbon cycle and stopping CO2 release into the atmosphere for years. It is simple to produce from waste products on your plot! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a simple, step-by-step guide to making Black Soil Magic (biochar) for free in small batches in the allotment, garden or small-holding,  using an open firepit and\/or a range of DIY, simple-to-source, inexpensive retorts or kilns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe scope of this publication covers \u003cb\u003eopen pyrolysis of bulk secondary feedstocks with a flame curtain\u003c\/b\u003e alongside the decomposition of finer primary feedstocks within a Flexi-Tube or small kilns made from baked bean cans shoved together or old paint tins. The colour pictures showing a firepit, feedstock, pyrolysis and crushing of biochar were all taken in Lincolnshire, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecondary feedstocks\u003c\/b\u003e used to make char included apple wood, briar rose, brambles, sweetcorn plants and fruit bush prunings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrimary feedstocks \u003c\/b\u003efor decomposition by pyrolysis inside \u003cb\u003ekilns, retorts or Flexi-Tubes\u003c\/b\u003e included hawthorn wood chips, root grindings, broad bean and runner bean pods, couch grass, horsetail, bindweed, ground elder, dandelion and dock tap roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow crushed raw char is charged or activated by adding to the compost heap\u003c\/b\u003e and\/or soaking in nutrient weed-liquid ferments is described, along with mix ratios for different circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprove your garden soil for hundreds of years to come, while helping reduce climate change and global warming.\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597158609203,"sku":"9781912682133","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Grv2pWBydq9781912682133.webp?v=1761713728","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/diy-biochar-in-small-batches-uk-pyrolysis-black-soil-magic-and-compost-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}