November 23, 2024

VIDEO: Backyard Biochar with Abraham Cluxton


Abraham Cluxton teaches how he made his own homemade biochar cookstoves that produce high quality charcoal for inoculation and inclusion in gardens/farms. Learn the basics of how a biochar cookstove works and how you can put one together to begin your own small scale production that can transform wood waste into activated charcoal; a useful material to have on hand and one that can become charged with biology to make a stellar garden amendment.

20 thoughts on “VIDEO: Backyard Biochar with Abraham Cluxton

  1. Outstanding video. This gave me a ton of new ideas for things to try, not just making biochar, but also modifications to my rocket stove. .

  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SgI6bcKNcE
    Backyard Biochar with Abraham Cluxton Living Web Farms Published on Mar 18, 2015
    Abraham Cluxton teaches how he made his own homemade biochar cookstoves that produce high quality charcoal for inoculation and inclusion in gardens/farms. Learn the basics of how a biochar cookstove works and how you can put one together to begin your own small scale production that can transform wood waste into activated charcoal; a useful material to have on hand and one that can become charged with biology to make a stellar garden amendment.
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  3. Cool stuff. Cldnt tell if he was serious/sarcastic when they asked if they cld Vegamix biochar, and he said, “Yeah., sure.” Lol. And for the garden: “Or if you just pee on it, it’ll be ready instantly.” Lol.

  4. Great demo but doesn’t all that combustion heat contribute to global warming. The only way it wouldn’t would be if you used it as a replacement for heat that you require and acquire from another source. So, if your aim is to reduce global warming, I’d think of how to use all this heat before I would start producing the biochar.

  5. This was an excellent video! I live in Canada and have a homestead. We burn quite a bit of wood here! I think I will modify these ideas a little to make biochar in a container in my wood stove to make biochar there while heating my house for winter as well. Also I plan to make a tin man now to replace my wood chipper. I love the quietness and the long term soil improvement that is possible through this process. Having a good charcoal supply for BBQ season sounds pretty sweet too!

  6. Making charcoal is not the same as making biochar. Biochar must be inoculated with minerals, water, and bacteria/fungi. Fastest you can make biochar is 6 weeks to 3 months.
    Otherwise it can take 1-3 YEARS before you see results.

    The charcoal they made is suitable as 'Cowboy Charcoal' for use in a grill.

    I used oak heating pellets. Why?
    They made the perfect size for mixing in the garden soil.
    Big chunks don't do much as they have a small surface area compared to the pellets I made.

    A spoonful of small biochar pellets can have between 1 football field and 10,000 sq ft of surface area.

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