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Tel: 07811 224698
info@naturalcharcoal.co.uk

Great Lindeth Wood
Bouth
Cumbria, LA12 8JJ

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Just listened to an episode of Radio 4’s excelle

Just listened to an episode of Radio 4’s excellent “39 ways to save the planet” series. All about biochar, it’s a super-interesting delve into the benefits of using it. It can play a key role in climate change and improving soil health by taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and locking it up in the soil to build permanently healthier soils. It also covers its positive impact on crop yields. They didn’t mention its ability to hang onto nutrients in the soil. That results in
- less nitrogen being rain-washed out of the soil and into our water systems
- less fertiliser or compost needing to be added in the first place
…but I will let them off for that oversight!

If you want to give your garden a biochar pick-me-up whilst doing your bit for climate change, we have teamed up with RHS finalists ‘Dalefoot composts’ to offer:
1. A top-quality and super-sustainable biochar potting compost
2. A biochar compost for veg and salad

We also produce a super-enriched biochar soil improver - a mix of biochar, rock dust, wormcasts, and organic coconut coir.

Listen to the podcast here: https://bbc.in/3BZDEVQ
Browse our composts and soil improvers here: https://naturalcharcoal.co.uk/shop/

#biochar #biocharcompost #soilbiology #soilhealth #naturalgardener

Had a great day putting on a charcoal burning work

Had a great day putting on a charcoal burning workshop for students from @furnesscollege as part of the @rusland.horizons 'discovering new horizons' project.

Really impressed by the students, who were a joy to be with and really got stuck in. Hopefully one or two caught the charcoal burning bug!

#naturalcharcoal #charcoalmaker #makersofinstagram #lakedistrict #consciousliving

Mini oak tree nursery experiment using repurposed

Mini oak tree nursery experiment using repurposed fish tray and tree shelters, and some acorns collected in our woods. Resulted in these little fellas!

We hope to expand this out, as it not only saves money and energy on buying in saplings, it’s also better to use seed from the local area. This is because they’re genetically adapted for local conditions, thus creating stronger and more resilient trees! 🌳

#woodlandmanagement #growyourown #makersofinstagram #cumbrialife

The wormcasts that go into our super-enriched bioc

The wormcasts that go into our super-enriched biochar soil improver are fantastic quality.

They are super sticky from all that lovely worm mucus...

That’s great news for gardener’s soil when it’s applied, but it does mean the clumps need hand grading by us at this stage. Just to make sure we get a lovely 'friable' mix with biochar, rockdust and coir.

Quite literally a hands-on process!

https://naturalcharcoal.co.uk/product/super-enriched-biochar-organic-soil-improver-5kg/

Getting willow ready for making into artist charco

Getting willow ready for making into artist charcoal. When it’s going well, bark peeling is super addictive!

All of the willow is from our woodland. This is our first year producing traditional artist’s charcoal. We’re also thinking about chunky natural crayons for junior creatives - what do you reckon, parents?! https://naturalcharcoal.co.uk/

#willow #artistscharcoal #barkpeeling