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There is a new comment to Phayao Permaculture Center - Soil Building Strategies (Thailand). Comment Link: http://permaculturenews.org/2014/10/27/phayao-permaculture-center-soil-building-strategies-thailand/#comment-1969871 Author: Tom Nagel Comment: Instead of insecticides or herbicides we use "wood vinagre" on our permaculture farm "Heartsong" in Costa Rica: make a whole in the earth, 2m long, 1 m wide, 1.5 m deep. Start filling 30% with dry wood below, then top the rest with humid wood. Cover everything with banana leaves and then earth. On one side you leave a space to start the fire. Once it is really going you close it also with banana leaves and earth. It is a charcoal furnace. On the other side you stick a metal tube (15 cm diameter) in as a chimney, but it has to make a "U" upside down and 10 m long. Like this you force the dense smoke to slow down and condensate. From one burning you get about 60 - 70 liters of wood vinagre. 100% pure is like Roundup, applying it 2 or 3 times as herbicide. Add water and you can use it on vegetables, flowers, fruits etc. as fungicide and insecticide, totally organic. On top of it you get charcoal to enrich the soil. Take care Tom Permalink: http://permaculturenews.org/2014/10/27/phayao-permaculture-center-soil-building-strategies-thailand/ Manage your subscriptions: http://permaculturenews.org/comment-subscriptions?sre=dgwest7%40gmail.com&srk=27a10eb9a670e4e8a168625c67418ab7