[Stoves] Fabricated Burn Barrel TLUDS

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Tom, Kobus, 
    Once I start to produce nursery stock and bedding  plants I'll have 
sufficient usage for the charcoal fines. At some point I'll  build a charcoal 
powered forge and use the nugget char for that. I use any  charcoal for 
greenhouse heating in very cold weather once it's rebuilt. Yes ,  I'll 
incorporate compost, sand and even some ash back into the planting mix to  balance it. 
Allowing it to sit on rotated piles in the rain and break down  farther, 
helps to mix it. 
    The problem is to quickly find a cash market for  the char until I can 
start paying enough bills to rebuild the greenhouse. The  future in 
landscaping is bright because there is little competition left. The  prolonged 
severe drought, severe storms, and many foreclosed houses and  other neglected 
structures has left a huge backlog of landscaping work. My  suburb area north 
of Dayton is mostly a blue collar city. It was hit hard with  the auto and 
manufacturing downturn. Delphi ( once Delco) closed 5 large auto  parts 
plants in the area during the last decade. New manufacturing is  returning but it 
takes time. 
    The only problem is that right now few folks around  here can afford to 
pay to get work done. The ones that have the money are  nervous about the 
future. When I do rarely get a sales call for work, I have the  highest 
percentage of closed deals in 32 years in business. I do about 90%  of the jobs I 
bid on. Few are complaining about high prices for work  either. Few 
customers are discussing getting other bids on smaller jobs because  they have to 
get big expensive landscapers from 20 miles across the big city to  come and 
bid. My real competition is the black market with very unprofessional  grass 
cutters trying to act as professional landscapers. 
    The fines are produced from the small twigs in the  brush. Particularly 
the shrub dogwood and the Honeysuckle have multiple very  fine twigs. The 
Hedge Apple AKA Osage Orange or Boise De Ark ( wood of the bow).  has a lot 
of thorns. All of these pyrolise into very hard particles and shards. 
    If anybody is having success selling charcoal in  the USA let me know 
how. 
    
    Thanks, 
        Dan Dimiduk 
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