[Terrapreta] seasoned charcoal

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Richard, Larry,

The link worked fine with the browser on my computer.  It seems like there are only three.  On my browser they can be found by passing slowly over the text with the mouse cursor, but they are kind of hard to see where the links are hidden just looking at the text.  Maybe highlight the actual linking text with bold or something?  

Regards,

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Haard<mailto:richrd at nas.com> 
  To: Larry Williams<mailto:lwilliams at nas.com> 
  Cc: Terrapreta<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:13 AM
  Subject: [Terrapreta] seasoned charcoal


  Readers this a test if I can send html links embedded in text to this reading list. If it does not work I will repost with links.


  Larry - here are links to Flickr images of our time spent today poking thru your charcoal test bed. For the other readers this bed is a short garden section where he applied charcoal prepared in a weber BBQ and treated in a special way only Larry can describe. It is interesting to both of us because his charcoal seemed to act differently (better) than the bulk samples we tested at the farm. We are now wondering if we should be pretreating our charcoal before use to make it attractive to water 


  Here is Larry Williams digging into his charcoal<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105164076/> test patch, December 11,2007 


  Most striking to us was the different appearance of the charcoal that had signs of biological activity and the other type with a dry powdery interior. The Upper part of image a piece of dry charcoal found in the soi<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105167898/>l has no sign of biological coloiization and below a piece of waterloged char with a segmented worm and  on right side a root hair. Notice the powdery char scraped up with the blade on the upper piece and the wet mush on the lower. Sorry not perfect focus will try this again. 


  Here is a closer view of the same piece same waterlogged piece with better focus showing worm on the left left and root hair actually entering a opening in the piece. This was split open <http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2104388405/>to show this activity on the interior of the charcoal. More Waterlogged charcoa<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105165548/>l ,split open, showing evidence of biological activity and a partially charred piece of wood with interior mostly soft and hard outer shell of char<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2104390959/>. Lots of evidence of biological activity in this piece and a hint that partial charring may actually improve habitat potential for benefital organisms.


  Rich Haard
  Bellingham, Wa.
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