[Terrapreta] seasoned charcoal

[lou gold]

Richard -- my browser is Firefox and your links work fine (appearing in
gmail in blue). Here is list and location:

3rd paragraph: digging into his
charcoal<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105164076/>

4th paragraph: Upper part of image a piece of dry charcoal found in
the soi<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105167898/>
l

5th paragraph: open <http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2104388405/>
                       Waterlogged
charcoa<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2105165548/>
l
                       char<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchaard/2104390959/>

Hey, hug a Doug Fir for me, will ya?

Thanks,

lou




On Dec 12, 2007 4:13 AM, Richard Haard <richrd at nas.com> wrote:

> 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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