Biochar Production in Kon-Tiki Australia
After exploring and making deep cone kilns, cylindrical kilns and pyramid kilns in Switzerland, Canada, and California it seemed they presented the fastest way to get into biochar making on the small property. I was [...]
Biochar Workshops On Australia’s Sunshine Coast
Back in March 2012 Paul Taylor went to Maleny on the Sunshine Coast hinterland to teach a two-day workshop about biochar and its potential hosted by Hans Erken of the Bamboo Society of Australia. In [...]
Making and Operating Pyramid & Cylinder Flame-Shield Kilns in Northern California
Following the exploration and teaching about cavity kilns like open pyramids, cones and cylinders in BC, Canada (Cavity Kilns in Canada - October 2014), I built similar kilns in California. This is a photo blog [...]
Cavity Kilns in Canada – October 2014
In September I did a biochar presentation in Calgary, Canada, which seemed to be a mecca for Permaculture, with participants from several permaculture organizations eager to hear what biochar could do for them. There are [...]
Box kiln – July 6 2014, Ithaka Institute, Switzerland
In evaluating the relative characteristics of various top lit open draft kilns we desired to test, in addition to a metal cone kiln (previous Posts 1-3) and an earth pit cone kiln (post 4), a [...]
Pit Kiln – July 6 2014, Ithaka Institute, Switzerland
To evaluate the performance of a pit of similar shape to a cone kiln, a pit was dug on slightly sloping ground nearby the Cone Kiln, which was firing simultaneously. See previous Post 1, Post 2 and Post [...]
Kon-Tiki Too – July 6 2014, Ithaka Institute, Switzerland
This is the third post in a series reporting my notes as we worked on testing the Kon-Tiki concept at Ithaka Institute in Switzerland. Hans-Peter Schmidt and Paul Taylor reported the outcome of the [...]
Maiden Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Kiln
The Kon-Tiki deep cone kiln was commissioned on July 4 at Ithaka Institute in Switzerland. As the day and the next progressed, the Kon-Tiki exceeded our expectations, and seemed destined to set a new trend [...]
Biochar Makers for the Biochar Gardener and Small Farmer
This is the beginning of a series of articles, describing Paul Taylor's journey in making a cheap and easy to make biochar kiln or oven for the small property and small farmer. This will eventually [...]
Kon-Tiki – The democratization of biochar production – A Review
Hans-Peter Schmidt and Paul Taylor recently published the article "Kon-Tiki - the democratization of biochar production" on the Biochar Journal website. You can see a video of the Kon-Tiki firing here: Kon-tiki Video Link. You can [...]
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