<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 23. Jun 2019, at 08:11, Cookswell Jikos <<a href="mailto:cookswelljikos@gmail.com" class="">cookswelljikos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">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" class="">http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html</a> <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class="">Teddy Kinyanjui</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class="">Sustainability Director</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YUMG1TTODQ/Wh6o8gWfRmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/1bp5qqpvmwQwg5JXqL7hz-OLGSx5nSEXgCK8BGAs/s512/TK%2BEmail%2BLogo.jpg" width="200" height="100" class=""><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" class=""> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CookswellJikos" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/97/28/BgG0H6ZN_o.png" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cookswelljikos" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/54/7e/owicmXIG_o.png" class=""></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cookswelljikos?lang=en" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/64/b1/oh4tfzkH_o.png" class=""></a><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><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" class="">energiesnaturals@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hallo all,<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">not for the first time I try to bring giant reed(arundo donax) into the discussion.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Here in Spain, we have many years of experience with it.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Although being registered as invasive, it is quite easy to control by simply plowing and/or grazing. <br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Goats make short work of it by browsing all fresh shoots wherever they grow out of the designed area of the rizoma thicket.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Cutting the canes to an appropriate length makes them easy to handle and standardize as fuel.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">And for more industrial processing:<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">They make excellent pellets!<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Their capability to clean dirty waters up to potability is legendary, building up soil in it's way.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">What more can you ask?<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Valuable building material? Yes !<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Cut in the right moment, it makes for strong floors, ceilings and walls.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Wonderful guides for tutoring tomatoes and all kind of vines.<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">And last but not least, it provides the only "legitimate" way to cook a proper paella!<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Not enough?<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">I could go on and on...<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Try for yourself!<br class="">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:09 AM +0200, "peeters frans" <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:peetersfrans@telenet.be" target="_blank" class="">peetersfrans@telenet.be</a>></span> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="gmail-m_-3753697061292985587WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">DEARS,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""> Sweden uses SALIX.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""> Indonesia uses KNOTWEET 3x 270 cm (Japanse duizendknoop ) <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">The strong KNOT make new hollow stalks every year !! Only a knife is needed for harvesting . Cut each stalk chamber before burning !<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">Regards<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">F.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="NL" class="">Van:</span></b><span lang="NL" class=""> Stoves [mailto:<a href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank" class="">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b class="">Namens </b>Kirk H.<br class=""><b class="">Verzonden:</b> woensdag 19 juni 2019 22:38<br class=""><b class="">Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank" class="">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Onderwerp:</b> [Stoves] farmed fuels<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kirk H.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank" class="">Mail</a> for Windows 10<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div>
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