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Successful Burn: Making charcoal at 4CN for our experimental study.

Submitted by Tom Miles on April 14, 2007 - 3:14pm
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Making charcoal at 4CN for our experimental study.
Richard Haard, Larry Williams, Fourth Corner Nursery (4CN), Bellingham, WA April 13, 2007
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Engineer and Landscaper, Terese and Larry, did a great job last weekend building this woodstack for a charcoal burn.

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Restacking wood from last weeks partial burn for a top lit down draft charcoal burn
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Finished pile with air supply pipes
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earth covered pile a few hours after lighting
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Larry estimates a 40 % yield in charcoal by volume.
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