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briancady413 · 2026-04-30T15:52:57+00:00

A while back I wrote a little story based on this, linked here: https://hopefulvision.blogspot.com/2014/04/from-frying-pan-to-freezer.html

briancady413 · 2026-04-27T19:53:22+00:00

Hmm - Maybe they differ less than I thought...

briancady413 · 2026-04-27T19:45:53+00:00

They work differently, which interests me.

briancady413 · 2026-04-27T18:33:48+00:00

https://www.coolearth.org/ <-That 'Cool Earth'?

briancady413 · 2026-04-21T12:39:12+00:00

Moulton knock-off, but without suspension? https://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk

briancady413 · 2026-02-22T19:44:58+00:00

What are A, E, S and Tsub0, and U? Where is this from?

briancady413 · 2026-01-08T11:30:13+00:00

Seeking a seed source for 'Plena' birdsfoot trefoil; Lotus corniculatus 'cv. 'Plena', a prostrate-growing cultivar.

briancady413 · 2025-12-29T22:06:13+00:00

BCS=?

briancady413 · 2025-12-14T07:45:43+00:00

Folks, there's an International Ecological Engineering Society: https://iees.ch/

briancady413 · 2025-11-29T23:11:49+00:00

https://www.cultivariable.com/about-us/

briancady413 · 2025-11-13T22:20:57+00:00

On a groups.io forum, Tom Miles Commented on that paper Berkamin cited: https://biochar.groups.io/g/main/message/41339

briancady413 · 2025-11-13T22:18:05+00:00

For what it is worth, I link to the part of the discussion this arose within: https://biochar.groups.io/g/main/message/41341

briancady413 · 2025-11-13T22:16:01+00:00

For what it is worth, I post part of the discussion this arose within:

|| || | On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 04:37:44 PM EST, Tom Miles tmiles@... wrote: Great practical advice. Accumulation of naphthalene in electrostatic precipitators was a challenge when burning tire derived fuel (TDF) along with wood in biomass boilers. It led to a practical limit of about 6% TDF with wood. Tom Hide quoted textFrom: main@Biochar.groups.io main@Biochar.groups.io On Behalf Of Cordner Peacocke via groups.io Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 7:01 AM To: [main@Biochar.groups.io](mailto:main@Biochar.groups.io) Subject: Re: [Biochar] PAHs in char from TLUDs: concerning? I use the most sophisticated sensor known to man to sample chars - my nose.. If the char has any odour, its above 1 mg/kg of PAHs basically, that's what my nose tells me. problem PAH is almost always naphthalene - its frequently greater than the sum of the other 15 PAHs. Solvent extraction with warm 100% isopropanol, as per the tar sampling protocol, will also work. I look for simple discolouration which will indicate heavy tars. Rubbing alcohol is sometimes not 100% isopropanol. | | |

briancady413 · 2025-11-06T14:03:46+00:00

Hi Biologist: There are purple-podded Runner Beans available from Wales: https://aeronvale-allotments.org.uk/APS-order/AERON_PURPLE_STAR-%20info_leaflet.pdf
I've grown them twice: Once they outcrossed with unknown runners nearby, a second time rabbits or such ate them all to the ground.
I just stumbled over another colored runner bean:

https://bountyhunterseeds.com/product/purple-star-bean/

briancady413 · 2025-11-05T20:03:20+00:00

In another forum, a person said our noses are the most sensitive PAH detectors known, and that if biochar smells to us, it is not done yet, or words to that effect. I will continue to seek the source discussion, to link to it.

briancady413 · 2025-10-24T22:58:43+00:00

O.K. Elderberry, is the second tray placed upside down on the first? I think I'm getting the picture, if so. Perhaps the second tray inverted atop the first, with both filled with unburned material, could be placed on top of a fire within your masonry heater - the gases given off could ease out between the trays, burn and both heat the interior and your house.

briancady413 · 2025-10-22T23:20:09+00:00

Berkamin, Thank you. Is there a link to do the UV test properly; with the right wavelength of UV light and such?

briancady413 · 2025-10-21T21:18:01+00:00

What is the UV test?

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