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Todos Santos and other BCS locations
- 9.5 acres +
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In maybe 3 feet of water
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options
- bypass inlet to outlet and drain lagoon
- harvest from catamaranized punts/canoes/paddle boards
- quenching water essential
- feasbility studies
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Ring of Fire = appropriate tech - see note attached
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Harvesting
- Heaviest work
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Paid workers!
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4 to 6?
- trails required
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Coupe by coupe
- 1 acre sized?
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Bundle sizes - what is optimum handling weight versus optimum processing speed? Trials again!
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standard 6 panel kiln
- 2.2 meters with 0.1m clearance
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7 panel
- 2.9 meters with 0.1m meter clearance
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8 panel
- 3.9 meters with 0.1m clearance
- Construction options?
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Staging for dryiing
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Criss-cross layers of bundles
- Tie with agave sisal?
- Close by, minimum transportation
- Air-spaced
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Burns
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6 people, 2 kilns
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2 on loading/tending each kiln
- 1 (maybe 2) forwarding bundles to loaders
- Mixed volunteers/paid labor?
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Handling layout critical
- Minimum effort
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Conviviality crew
- Hydration, snacks, songs, chairs, shade ...
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Co-Composting
- IMO sprays
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Manures
- Animals
- Fish remains
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alkaline biochar on alkaline soils issue
- go more neutral pH with additives
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Propsect
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Long-term biochar production
- 20 years?
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Eliminate A. Donax by exhaustion & shading out
- Takes time
- If at all ...
- Species?
- Livelihood providing enterprise
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Rural soils regeneration
- Small ranch viability restored
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Reforestation
- Oaks + other natives
- Re-combinant forests
- Urbanites assist recovery of biodiversity in mountains
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Regenerate whole watershed
- Mitigate stored water deficit
- Problem has now become major asset
- Experimental natural building using reeds emerges
- Lagoons become controlled access eco-recreation spaces