Episode 12 was an inspiring chat with Simon from Waiuku (40km south west of Auckland city) who uses biochar to enhance his pastures as well as feeds it to cattle to improve their health.

The success is evident in the increased pasture regrowth times and animals not needing drenching, having high fertility rates, and growing faster.

Yes, it is work to make biochar, but the benefits are obvious to Simon and this recording advocates for more people to try it out.

Livestock are also excellent distributors of char to the landscape negating the need for any kind of spreading machine.

To see some photos from Simon's farm, see the accompanying blog post here.

An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biocharThe national biochar association in NZ: https://biochar.net.nz/ (BNNZ)https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250749