<div dir="ltr">we have had some pretty good results with maize cob charcoal
<a href="http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html">http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html</a> <div><br></div><div>quite nice as you dont have to spend time cutting it up into small bits and it blends very well with regular branch charcoal for quick lighting and long burning. ( and according to some chefs its makes roast meat taste a bit like ugali...(polenta) which to them is a big bonus) </div><div><br></div><div>the woodvinegar from the maize cobs also seems to show pretty decent potential for helping slow down termite attcks on fence posts etc. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Teddy Kinyanjui</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Sustainability Director</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YUMG1TTODQ/Wh6o8gWfRmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/1bp5qqpvmwQwg5JXqL7hz-OLGSx5nSEXgCK8BGAs/s512/TK%2BEmail%2BLogo.jpg" width="200" height="100"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CookswellJikos" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/97/28/BgG0H6ZN_o.png"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cookswelljikos" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/54/7e/owicmXIG_o.png"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cookswelljikos?lang=en" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/64/b1/oh4tfzkH_o.png"></a><br></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:04 PM hennA1988 <<a href="mailto:energiesnaturals@gmx.de">energiesnaturals@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Hallo all,<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">not for the first time I try to bring giant reed(arundo donax) into the discussion.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Here in Spain, we have many years of experience with it.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Although being registered as invasive, it is quite easy to control by simply plowing and/or grazing. <br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Goats make short work of it by browsing all fresh shoots wherever they grow out of the designed area of the rizoma thicket.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Arundo is perhaps the most productive plant in a wide variety of climates and can easily be harvest by hand, even without tools at all!<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">The straight growing stems make it an ideal candidate for use in rocket stoves, densifying can be achieved by just trampling on the dry canes or passing them through a set of rollers.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Cutting the canes to an appropriate length makes them easy to handle and standardize as fuel.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">And for more industrial processing:<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">They make excellent pellets!<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Their capability to clean dirty waters up to potability is legendary, building up soil in it's way.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Seasonal management provides good shelter to all kind of wildlife during the main growing season, since there is a good time for harvesting during it's resting months in low season.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">What more can you ask?<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Valuable building material? Yes !<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Cut in the right moment, it makes for strong floors, ceilings and walls.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Wonderful guides for tutoring tomatoes and all kind of vines.<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">And last but not least, it provides the only "legitimate" way to cook a proper paella!<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Not enough?<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">I could go on and on...<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Try for yourself!<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">Rolf<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:09 AM +0200, "peeters frans" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peetersfrans@telenet.be" target="_blank">peetersfrans@telenet.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_-3753697061292985587WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">DEARS,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Sweden uses SALIX.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Indonesia uses KNOTWEET 3x 270 cm (Japanse duizendknoop ) <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">The strong KNOT make new hollow stalks every year !! Only a knife is needed for harvesting . Cut each stalk chamber before burning !<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">F.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="NL">Van:</span></b><span lang="NL"> Stoves [mailto:<a href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b>Namens </b>Kirk H.<br><b>Verzonden:</b> woensdag 19 juni 2019 22:38<br><b>Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [Stoves] farmed fuels<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any stories about using farmed fuels for cook stoves. I grew some Pigeon Pea plants last year and the stalks burn well in a TLUD-ND. They died from the frost during the winter, but we did get a small crop of peas.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kirk H.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
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