Biochar Cooker

Posted on 2025-01-29 14:30:00+01:00 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, practical

We created this biochar cooker during the second week of my first PDC. It is made from two large drums and one smaller can.

Materials required

  • two drums with a lid of equal size (fuel drum and cooking support)
  • one larger drum (optional, air inlet skirt)
  • one can (chimney)
  • two …

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Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2022

Posted on 2023-01-04 13:58:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since mid 2017 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. The harvest from this garden has supplemented our lunches and …


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Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2021

Posted on 2022-01-08 20:52:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since mid 2017 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. The harvest from this garden has supplemented our lunches and …


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Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2020

Posted on 2021-03-24 21:18:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since Sunday 2017-07-30 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. In addition to helping with gardening, I learned a lot …


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Tracking flows

Posted on 2021-01-31 19:13:00+01:00 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with flow, practical, survey, ledger-cli

Let me shed a little light on how I record, track, and plot various streams across my domain.

I have a git repository that holds my records. I clone this repo across the various machines I use. It contains records pertaining to the flows of: money, energy, water, CO₂ and …


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Hedgelaying

Posted on 2019-03-17 20:57:00+01:00 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, practical

On Saturday 2019-03-16 I followed a course in hedgelaying. Heg&Landschap organized it in a village close by. Lex Roeleveld was the instructor.

From Wikipedia:

[...] The aim is to reduce the thickness of the upright stems of the hedgerow trees by cutting away the wood on one side of the …


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