One Yard Revolution: Biochar Trial Update, Charging Biochar & a Rock Dust Field Trial?

On February 15th, I’ll be starting an indoor biochar trial, in which I’ll compare plants grown in a potting mix that includes biochar versus the same plants grown in a similar potting mix with no biochar.

Other members of the Home Garden Field Trials community, including TheSelfSufficientLife, SouthpawDavey, and Nick Peters will also be conducting trials, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who will be participating or following the trials.

In this video, I’ll talk about my interest in evidence based gardening, what hypotheses I hope to test in the indoor trial, a little bit about the design of the trial, and why participating in the trial doesn’t have to be as big of a hassle as I sometimes make it seem.

I’ll also give an update on my latest preparation for the trial, which was to charge and inoculate my biochar with worm castings.

Home Garden Field Trials: https://plus.google.com/b/103187007100189514101/communities/112003872175936735513

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.