Improving the soil for generations - with soup cans!?

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Now this is a fun idea - and more useful than you might think!
We've been obsessed with making biochar for years, often making char in pits and open burns. We've also learned to make traditional charcoal, and have even used a Kon Tiki style biochar cone.
Yet recently we can across a video from ‪@LiveOnWhatYouGrow‬ sharing his method of making a biochar retort from two cans - for free! We had to give it a try. This is what we've discovered.
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@David-kd5mf 4 месяца назад

The wit, the low key sarcasm, the knowledge drops, the cultural memery.....infotainment at its finest.

@Anonymous-km5pj 4 месяца назад

aryan kid was right, needs more cowbell...🐮🔕

@johnfitbyfaithnet 4 месяца назад

Agreed

@laurarabakon2605 4 месяца назад

Hear here!

@koltoncrane3099 4 месяца назад

What movie was he referencing or culturally mimicking? I would like to watch them.

@Anonymous-km5pj 4 месяца назад

@@koltoncrane3099 SNL skit w Christopher Walken

@WilliamMiller-nr5gb 4 месяца назад

I trust this man. You can too. ...not so much because he knows what he's talking about... though he does that too... but rather because he wears a Good sport coat. The man who wears such a Good sport coat is trustworthy.

@bevfitzsimmonds3382 4 месяца назад

🤭😆😊❤

@troupier88 4 месяца назад

I was wondering when David will talk about Ancient and mysterious lost civilizations !

@koltoncrane3099 4 месяца назад

Ya I was like this guy is wearing a church coat. But you called it a sport coat. Haha it’s like ya he’s sophisticated. Probably what people wore a century ago even doing chores. I’ve seen some old photos black and white and it’s like they dressed up.

@koltoncrane3099 4 месяца назад

I had an English teacher in high school. No one ever wore a tie to school except maybe prom or if they had football players dress up. But I had an English teacher that wore a bow tie everyday he taught. He made me smile haha. He dressed up with a bow tie and button up shirt. He had to quit cause he had some illness so he ended up working at the prison to teach cause there he only had to work three days so he could recover or have more time off at that job.

@koltoncrane3099 4 месяца назад

That English teacher also rode a unicycle in the Fourth of July parades. Haha first time I ever saw one super unique.

@mgguygardening 4 месяца назад

Thumbs up for recognizing the work of a smaller RU-vid channel and sending viewers there, rather than just reproducing what he did. I'm going to go check his video out now!

@Fleshbits1 4 месяца назад

Sending people to the other channel to learn how to build is just noble. Good on you! Also....old tacos! Awesome.

@1millionpumpkins542 4 месяца назад

Evidently DtG can teach an old taco new tricks

@BubblesandthePurrMonster 4 месяца назад

This video featured the greatest Corning dinner plate ever made.

@bevfitzsimmonds3382 4 месяца назад

Yep, l noticed that, too! They ask amazing prices on the internet....! 😳🤭

@onemoremom7421 4 месяца назад

Mom used those for 30 years. Then decided she was sick of them. If only she knew to keep them.

@carlahabeck4051 3 месяца назад

We got those when we married and are still using them. Just celebrated our 55th anniversary!

@aspicyproduction_Luke-Seippel 4 месяца назад

David, I learned this technique years ago in Boy Scouts. We used old steel paint cans with the hammer on lids. We would load them with any old cotton fiber cloth we could find. Old blue jeans were the best. We did this to produce char cloth because it catches a spark from a flint and steel remarkably well. We all would bring our cans to our first spring camp out and everyone would set them in the fire. We would have char cloth for the whole summer! I have used this same technique to make a gallon of char for art purposes as well.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Ah yes - char cloth!

@williammay2332 4 месяца назад

Around here, after the early corn crop they switch to cotton. About October when the cotton is picked afterwards there are bolls in the ditches and they form a second white line along the edge of the road. Any of that could be picked up. Watch occasional traffic, face traffic.

@doomguy584 3 месяца назад

@@davidthegood a 55 gallon drum with a small hole punched in the top drum needs a lock ring removable lid

@jimwaterhouse7747 4 месяца назад

When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything you could need and with online shopping, you don’t even have to leave the house. The trouble comes when we must discern between a quality tool and a silly gadget. The best way I’ve found to do this is to look for a type of tool that has been around for a long time. The crucible of longevity proves a design.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Yes. Something that has been around for a long time, is likely to continue to be around. Taleb discusses this. Lindy Effect.

@jimwaterhouse7747 4 месяца назад

@@davidthegood thanks, I'll look more into that. Having multiple purpose adds more upcycle value.

@mikeyfoofoo 4 месяца назад

When the professor has tweed on I take notes. ; )

@debrabeghtol4332 4 месяца назад

And the spitcurl😊

@1millionpumpkins542 4 месяца назад

@@debrabeghtol4332like Superman!!!

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

I didn't know about the curl until Rachel told me most of the way through the video. "I thought you did it on purpose!" she said...@@debrabeghtol4332

@cameronalexander359 4 месяца назад

He's drippin'

@victorialg1270 4 месяца назад

Live On What You Grow Is a great channel. Good you gave them a shout out.

@brendanelson1027 4 месяца назад

Our oldest pecan trees (80+ years old) all had tin cans & old strips of metal buried about 20 ft out from the trunk of each tree. Blessings from NW Florida!

@1millionpumpkins542 4 месяца назад

peCAN trees

@My1Appy 4 месяца назад

PeckON trees, peeCAN is something you find in a semi truck, full of lemonade you don't want

@Just_A_Name14 4 месяца назад

@@1millionpumpkins542lol it’s a Native American word and isn’t pronounced like can Pih-KAN. If you’re going to try and correct someone at least be correct

@1millionpumpkins542 4 месяца назад

@Just_A_Name14 I wasn't "correcting someone", I was making a pun based on the tin cans buried around the pecan tree. Derp.

@1millionpumpkins542 4 месяца назад

@@My1Appy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--DcA0p8Tvnk.htmlsi=rcJDnbkz8P5UFvz-

@blunderchips 4 месяца назад

Been using two tin cans for a couple months now and absolutely loving it. Avocado pipes and bits of bone come out the best imo. The man is not lying, you really can put anything in them. But like literally anything.

@SilvaDreams 4 месяца назад

@Ni-dk7niNothing good comes from that, far too toxic.

@derekclawson4236 4 месяца назад

Very much like what my neighbors built but he made his with the large barrels. He's been hooked on making it ever since he built his contraption. His raised beds are making some seriously nice produce. I finally got him into making his own fish emulsion and now he's gonna charge his char with it once it's done. His original charge method was running his pond water through it with a pump. That appears to work pretty well too. I generally use urine myself on the off chance it have char around from fires etc. I'll try to build one of these small ones eventually. Always hard to get the necessary fertilizer to grow the amount we do.

@GoneBattyBats 4 месяца назад

Great Job... Makin Biochar on the down low. For artists, they cna get willow twigs of pine twigs and make really nice charcoal for drawing that way too.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

My daughter and I made some drawing charcoal out of grape vine prunings. I will try willow - thank you.

@LiveOnWhatYouGrow 4 месяца назад

I will definitely be on the chat with you guys, I wouldn't miss it for anything!

@Stream7ine 4 месяца назад

Several years ago I made one of these out of a paint can to show my grandson, on our family camping trip, how to make charcoal and also collect the pine tar that comes out under the bottom hole of the can. the small top hole released the wood gas. I still have that paint can and never made to connection with bio char. Gonna dig it out of the camping gear and try it this weekend. TYVM David

@jeffbrown2646 4 месяца назад

All u "Good" folk crack us up! Keep it coming..plz! Can i add a additional tip? I burn the cans empty first, to burn off that inside coating. Then soapy water scrub out. Jus to be safe. Not sure if the coating is toxic after the burn & maybe ruins the nice char. Thanx for most excellent work on video by all!

@bevfitzsimmonds3382 4 месяца назад

Yes, l thought that, too. There is always a liner coating. I would want a paint can to be Very Clean, too! 🥫

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Yes, that's a good tip

@TheRealHonestInquiry 4 месяца назад

David I've got a FEVER. And the only prescription is MORE BIOCHAR! Seriously this method is a game changer for many. For the beneficials I'm thinking take the DFSW, add some worm castings, compost and a little molasses and aerate for a few days it so the char soaks in a brewing compost tea.

@bevfitzsimmonds3382 4 месяца назад

Excellent, thankyou. I shall pop across to the other chappy shortly, but your explanation is already quite clear. And thankyou for doing the right thing by him, too, where credit is due. God bless. 🙂👍

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

His video gave us many hours of entertainment - I am happy to share the fun.

@indilin 4 месяца назад

Nice, this is how artists who make their own charcoal for drawing do it :) Also EdibleAcres made a video that someone might find useful: Biochar - Making it in the wood stove AND heating our home.

@Gabi-lt4mx 4 месяца назад

I using this way for a fer years. Works well.

@user-ki3dj9pu9y 4 месяца назад

Bushcrafters do this on a smaller scale to make char cloth, for use with flint and steel fire making.

@fishinghole333 4 месяца назад

Just watching Shawn James interview Huw Richards and they mentioned your name. You're really starting to get noticed by some big names. You've earned it! I knew you'd end up changing the gardening world.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

That was nice of them.

@TheTamrock2007 4 месяца назад

Much gratitude David, I been binge watching the videos. This method is so doable for me. I've known the value of biochar but was overwhelmed at the processes as I'm 62. So very excited, going to get my new home, new garden off to a good start.

@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY 4 месяца назад

Yea a little more bio char ....1 2 3 😂

@belladuncan9985 4 месяца назад

Biochar and cowbells. Perfect combo.

@chenderson58 4 месяца назад

We used this method to make char cloth for starting fires with flint and steel.

@NorthernIllinoisWormFarm 4 месяца назад

thank you for your shout out to Live on What You Grow for the retort construction. Way too many RU-vidrs try to profit from videos they watch but never credit. I'm here because someone over there referenced your channel and I subscribed because of your honesty and integrity. I look forward to learning more from you.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Thank you. It is good to give credit.

@SG-vu4qy 4 месяца назад

thank you Professor Good, always a pleasure attending your lectures.

@andrewom679 4 месяца назад

We have that EXACT SAME PLATE!! I've been eating off one of those Corelleware beauties for about half a century!

@lindaspellman2108 4 месяца назад

Corelle family here too! "Stole" this pattern from MIL when we moved out, grabbed the identical blue pattern from goodwill and finally "grew up" and bought a brand new set. Like everyone else I know we now have a mix of various patterns 😂

@oldbear6813 4 месяца назад

I thought you were gonna say Cow Bell 😂😂

@abaoyedi3963 4 месяца назад

Replacing the triangle with a mini retort is THEE best amendment of all. So appreciative of the Good Gardeners. Education with a smile. Give thanks!

@PatEm10 4 месяца назад

@EdibleAcres has a video called "MAXimize your wood heat - Low/no cost tips for much more warmth" where he shows his method of this using a steam table tray and lid in his wood stove.

@paulkroll7616 4 месяца назад

Classic.

@mannurse7421 4 месяца назад

Okay that’s one I haven’t heard before 😅

@emilybh6255 4 месяца назад

What could turn out to be more important then improving the soil is purifying drinking water! Doing the process described in this video so you have carbon on hand to filter rainwater (nowadays thanks to geoengineering, weather manipulation/cloud seeding etc rainwater is loaded with barium, cesium, strontium and aluminum for starters) is a great way to eliminate at least the organic chemicals. Charcoal is one of the go-to materials used in the water filtration industry for filtering out chlorine and other chemicals they add to municipal water.

@fabricdragon 4 месяца назад

that was a great riff on the cowbell skit

@TheWeedyGarden 4 месяца назад

I am beginning to like your humor David 🙂 This was an excellent little machine. cha cha cha charged 🙂

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Thank you, my friend.

@Agrillot6 4 месяца назад

My grandma had those corelle dishes with green flowers 🥺 oh how I miss her!!! She loved to garden, I would loved to have her with me on this new journey I’m starting with gardening.

@Sir_Ol 4 месяца назад

Apart from the content which is awesome as usual, the style of the video is just chief's kiss

@Ben.McNeilly 4 месяца назад

That little star wars 'but how?' intro had me laughing 🤣

@ladyela9283 4 месяца назад

You're a good man, David!

@blacksmithden 3 месяца назад

Buddy, I've got to hand it do you. When I watched your multi bed test, I honestly thought you were trying to grow in an old gravel parking lot. Your soil looked exactly like some of our back dirt roads here in Alberta. You've done some amazing things. Well done sir.

@davidthegood 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@jessicaerke691 4 месяца назад

Thank you for this video, I've wanted to make biochar for years and now I can. Also thank you for linking us up with Live on What You Grow.

@4doorvip 4 месяца назад

Very cool. I've used store bought all natural lump charcoal before. Buy it, bust it up, run it through a garden shredder and you have nice fine char you can then charged. Making your own is more fun plus who doesnt have garden waste

@michelledulaney1277 4 месяца назад

Favorite video ever!!!!! You are my #1 source for biochar how-to, but the entertainment value of this one is unmatched. Soooooo appreciate how much “good” info you provide bookended with the SNL skits. Best combo ever 🏆

@zztopwater8568 4 месяца назад

This is the way......for small homes & gardens.

@johnauner671 4 месяца назад

I like this for small scale biochar production. Instead of methane polluting the air in composting or an inefficient fire, you add some CO2 to the air which is more benign and make your fireplace more efficient for a time.. For tree trimmers and other owners of industrial amounts of organic material who currently burn, a methane generator powered by solar kiln-style drying, with added Brown's gas from electrolysis - also from solar/wind/battery would produce emission free biochar. Cities have large amounts of nitrogen products to "charge" the biochar. Present technology is sufficient for a vast improvemnt for gardeners and farmers benefitting society and the environment.

@jeil5676 4 месяца назад

Thanks for dressing up for us.

@kirstenfalcone5856 4 месяца назад

Thank you! My garden needs some help, and I have a Sweetgum tree. I also like the liquid fertilizer idea from your daughter.😊

@lrmsmrls16 3 месяца назад

I constantly amaze and annoy my husband. I did not explain what I was doing as I went and gathered two big cans, banged them together, popped a hole in one of them, then filled a 5 gallon bucket of wood chips to sit next to our wood stove. THEN, put this double can looking thing in the wood stove and cooked it. He was so baffled at what I was doing. But guess what? It worked. I have a small amount of biochar, but now if I just keep a batch going at the end of the day, and let it burn over night, I'll eventually have a pretty good supply of bio char. Ta Dah!!! Amazing indeed.

@isaaca6445 4 месяца назад

I saw the video on the 'live on what you grow' channel. I was completely blown away too. I'm planning on making them from larger vegetable oil cans that restaurants and takeaways use.

@jmcqune976 4 месяца назад

going to try looks great

@midwestribeye7820 4 месяца назад

Your videos are informative and hilarious!❤

@candyfarnsworth238 4 месяца назад

I love that the kids have been sucked into the sarcastic music genre. Yes!

@lauramccament1381 4 месяца назад

Oh thanks!! Exciting use for pine cones, wood shavings and bark, yay!

@macskahegyi8848 4 месяца назад

I have been doing exactly this for many years. Paint cans come with a tightly fitting lid, you just need to puncture the bottom to let the fumes exit.

@bevdixon9615 3 месяца назад

Can the paint cans be reused or is it a one time deal?

@macskahegyi8848 3 месяца назад

@@bevdixon9615 They can be reused quite a few times, but they don't last forever.

@seedsower3857 4 месяца назад

So good! Thank you!

@GamingGardeningAndLayingSiege 4 месяца назад

I have been charring with two 1kg coffee tins. Not perfect, but it's a cheap, easy to make and easy to handle, and does the job. With two more containers, I could just keep a fire going and rotate containers until the desired quantity is reached... Provided I have have enough material as well. Edit: When I say not perfect I'm not referring to the resulting char. I'm referring to the cans. Without the proper tool I had to make a plan and refine my method a bit after the first go. I made duplicate cuts and bent the tin inward slightly creating a spiral "crimp", allowing me to fit it into the other can and leaving a few small openings for gas to escape.

@ajohnson6890 4 месяца назад

Hi David. I watched the referenced video months ago and ever since, I keep #10 cans loaded for when I do my regular burn barrel fires. Or, whenever I do large brush fires. An absolutely ingenious method which produces a great product. Like you, I had to purchase the tool from amazon. That was the hardest part - waiting two days for the tool because I was so excited. I admire your nobility. Thank you!

@WilderDust 4 месяца назад

Brilliant. Thank you 🙏

@veragormley8675 4 месяца назад

This is awesome! Can’t wait to try!! ❤

@rickhelbling5091 4 месяца назад

Great info, David!

@GrowBigTVwithJoeandKorky 4 месяца назад

Billy. It’s a biochar kind of day

@petechiarizio1766 4 месяца назад

Never too much cowbell 😂

@RandomStuff27220 4 месяца назад

Awesome I love it

@debrabeghtol4332 4 месяца назад

Cool! Just my size. Thanks ❤

@nickkitchener6155 4 месяца назад

"I have 10 minutes free before we leave for church. I think I will go into the garden and play with some fetid swamp water, some biochar, and the filthy container I made it in..." 😀

@reno_death 4 месяца назад

Love the intro. I bet your kids don't even know what they are re-enacting, that's pretty funny. Also the best cinematography in permaculture!

@agapefield 4 месяца назад

❤❤❤😂😂😂very informative and extremely entertaining!

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@theIAMofME 4 месяца назад

That was awesome, David. Oh my goodness....the cowbell (excuse me the biochar) will never die!!

@sesolar5854 4 месяца назад

Finally I discover something about the same time as DTG...😂. Nice plug for his channel...very nice. I like his blending the egg shell video too! Kudos David and family

@zztopwater8568 4 месяца назад

I also love where your heads at, I also immediately thought of stuffing it full of weird stuff. My short list included acorns, black walnut and coffee beans.

@howardsportugal 4 месяца назад

Looking fleek, David 👍

@Randy_Smith 4 месяца назад

kudos to you for sharing the info about the youtube channel that first showed how to make one of these mini retorts. I saw his video about a year ago and was amazed by how easy it can be to make high quality char.

@patrickhenry5216 4 месяца назад

Great content!

@Nerdy_prepper 4 месяца назад

Great video! Thank you 😎👍

@TSis76 4 месяца назад

One of the most Goodest ever!! Thank you for filling in gaps I had from the original gentleman's post. More biochar!

@user-mi4du9rd1j 4 месяца назад

I too enjoy the nerdy thrill of, say, an acorn made of charcoal. It reminds me of the cool science teacher who would dip a rose in liquid nitrogen and shatter it. I use a 5-gallon metal can with a lid, because I already had one. Some nail holes in the lid and around the bottom. Fill it with (whatever), throw it in the firepit while I'm siting around pondering life, the universe and everything... and presto, excellent results. The soup cans make sense, too. Whatever works, baby.

@Cheezitnator 3 месяца назад

Neat. I gotta try this

@lofm6213 4 месяца назад

I used this method on acorns and also old grain and put it around the bushes of our home. Have been adding biochar to the lawn as well so that way, if need be, the front yard can be converted into a big garden if things ever got that bad.

@londonpickering8675 4 месяца назад

Impressive. Thank you for taking the time to teach/share.

@BB_outdoors 4 месяца назад

Awesome video 👍

@osmia 4 месяца назад

Big kudos to you for linking back to the original video!

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

I appreciated his work. Thank you.

@betty8173 4 месяца назад

Thanks! So cool, a doable size for me, thank you!

@SCOTTBULGRIN 4 месяца назад

Dave, thanks for making this video in your Sunday best.👍

@AtlantaPrepper 4 месяца назад

Thank You! Godspeed

@TonyPaynecustomjeweler 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Thank you, Tony - good to see you!

@l.sexton439 4 месяца назад

Excellent video. Love the kids.

@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875 4 месяца назад

Thank you :)

@crystalfachko1905 3 месяца назад

TY Sir, Fam, All❤❤❤

@Ishiisan 4 месяца назад

I used to do this trick with creating biochar for Firestarter for camping out of a Altoid can. I've been using charcoals in my terrariums for years. last year when I was cleaning my garage, I found my charcoal bags with tiny bit left so I discarded it in my strawberry bed. When the next season came around, it did the best in the past 7 years.

@jasonhurtig6357 4 месяца назад

I watched the Live On What you Grow video last night, and it was great. It is great that you didn't take away buy added to that video. Great content.

@user-zp9yo9ku5f 4 месяца назад

I just watched the video over this weekend and was favorable impressed and it seemed logical so I bought the tool and am now collecting cans to make biochar. I was really glad to see you confirm what he said.

@rjp3593 4 месяца назад

I have that exact same plate!

@dgblac0 4 месяца назад

Great video, I really enjoyed watching it.

@davidthegood 4 месяца назад

Thank you, my friend.

@yo388 4 месяца назад

I will watch that video now!

@melanieallen3655 4 месяца назад

Amazing!! Awesome idea!! Thankyou.I cant wait2 try! Its $12for a small bag of charcoal last time I looked..

@denislosieroutdoors 4 месяца назад

Been watching both of u guys... been playing making biochar with cans in the wood stove this winter has been fun... thanks for sharing there eh!

@reneebrown2968 4 месяца назад

The socks would make great charcloth. To start a fire that is.

@jimsngc 4 месяца назад

Most excellent find! I did head over, watch, learn and subscribe. Left a comment so they know where I came from too! Thanks as always David!

@RockKnocker17 4 месяца назад

I'm truly sorry to hear it took so long for you to make one of these. I wish I saw this video earlier! I live in MN and burn a wood stove for heat, i could have made a lot with these... I always try to keep and pick out good charcoal pieces but it's not easy when everything is burning.