This Might Not Work

Ben’s on an adventure this morning with an experiment that might or might not turn out.
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[@WillyHope]

There are no failures,only learning experiences.

[@ErikOrdway1984]

Came here to say this. If your failure helps someone succeed then it is not a failure.

[@sandyc6569]

👍

[@tiernancrawford8108]

Spot on, no one on earth ever learned anything from never making a mistake.

[@Myxlplyk]

With happy little trees, even.

[@diananazaroff5266]

When you're loading the wood into the drum, make sure you have pieces that are more consistent with each other. You had varying widths of the wood which means that the skinnier sticks turned into charcoal while the wider sticks didn't all turn. If you keep the widths all the same in each batch, I think you'll have more success.

[@curtisep5885]

Agreed & same type of wood I would think. I'm definitely gonna try this. Has to enrich my poor soil

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

I love how you decided to share this even if it was not a complete success!

[@traceyosterlind14]

Love it, Ben

[@sandhollowhomestead6972]

Your channel is the best kept secret on KZbin! You are worth a million views! I'm sharing!

[@tammybushnell6920]

Consider making a trench in your gardens and bury the logs that didn’t burn up. Easy hugulkultur. ❤️ Also, check out the current prices for biochar! You could sell it in gallon bags for more profit than expected.

[@cassityart7001]

A couple of California families now living near us in S E Tennessee have been watching your channel and Jason from Sow The Land and are getting ready to search for land here. Fellowship is their life line and everyone wants to live and work with like minds. So yes you guys are helping people make the BIGGEST most exciting plans of their life. Blessings. ❤️🇺🇸🌱

[@acornhomestead3575]

Indeed. They reach me in northern Ireland too🥰😍🥰🤩

[@deloresochoa6235]

You're on the right track.....been using the pit method for 30 some years. It helped our clay soil to become the richest and crumbling soil ever!!!!! It didn't take long, just kept composting the kitchen scraps with fallen leaves, adding the biochar, in between layers of the clay soil mix of the scraps and leaves. It worked the first spring season and the fall season was even better. We have added it around the drip line of our fruit trees. What a difference that made in fruit production! The black and blue berry bushes love the biochar the most. Have fun and keep sharing your videos. Blessings upon you and all your family!

[@angeliquemcniff3076]

Would love an update on the orchard and berries planted.

[@vivianwilliams2216]

Would love to see the animals munching on the charcoal tree limbs ! 😊👍💕💕💕

[@jenniferjohns5087]

That is what the Hollar Homies (KZbin community) are all about!! 100k strong!!

[@sandyc6569]

👍

[@richarddoe2474]

......and growing !

[@Davis5fam]

Your son already has a Western North Carolina accent!!! “Ders charcoal don der.” 🤣😂🙌🏼❤️👊🏻🙏🏼🔥

[@denisewilson8367]

I plan to use biochar for my rainwater catchment systems filter. It can be used for 3 years before it needs to be back flushed to clean the system. But never needs to be changed according to the professor who created the system I want to use. Yes, all the farm animals can use the biochar in one form or another or the ashes. And as you have stated it can be added to the compost or put directly on the garden. Just be very mindful to use a tiny bit at a time. Congrats on the 100K subscribers! I knew you would get there very soon. It would have happened sooner if you hadn't needed to take a break from KZbin or this time slow way down on publishing more vlogs. Hope you will soon be back to normal and getting a few vlogs a week. We all miss you.

[@reb4898]

I got a “bio charlie” from amazon and use it in our wood stove. Let it go thru two firings and have about 3 gallons of biochar. If the wood you put in the device is the same diameter you will have much success. Another way to make biochar on a grand scale is dig a trench load with wood, same size, light and when the smoke goes from white to yellow you have biochar. Congratulations on 100k subscribers...

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

Ben the ones that don't work may get more views. Congratulations on 100K.

[@marylouise890]

👏👏CONGRATULATIONS 👋👋 🌟100,000 Subscribers 🌟 💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫

[@ladonnawoodley5279]

Thanks for the video! You don't have to wait to do something "special" we like just watching you walk around with the animals. If you don't want to talk, the music is nice but we'd like an update on all the animals. To you, it may seem mundane but for us; we love it.

[@Chefsantatravels]

That is cool at 66 years old I just learned how to make charcoal👍👏👏 stay safe stay strong stay healthy god bless and enjoy life✌❤💪👨‍🍳🎅🚌👍

[@kmb1]

Hi Hollars. Been watching you guys since you moved and really enjoy what you put out there. Congrats on the 100k mark. Keep doing what you're doing. Love the idea of making my own bio-char/charcoal. Please do a follow-up on your next attempt!

[@desertdawg3409]

It's a bit slower but we used 3 stacked semi tractor rims and welded together and a 55 gallon drum lid fits right on the rims edge with a pretty good seal. Outside rim was a big tractor rim that left about a foot bigger around the semi rims like you had. Cut sections of arcs with radius of semi rims of flat-scrap metal and after feeding it and it cooked couple hours give it a good shot of water and put the arcs around the outside rim overlapping each and the semi rims and smother the outside tractor rim fire. Then just let it cool down as steam smothers it. The thickness of the tractor rims will hold a LOT of heat and cook the wood down with no flame once it gets to temperature. Leave the bung open so any steam moisture and smoke can get out. Steam in a closed inside container will slow down coaling. Steam and smoke coming out bung hole will prevent oxygen from coming in the hole as it heats up. We got a lot more charcoal than ash with rim method vs drum method. Also wood stacked horizontal in reversed layers with little space between logs inside tractor rims helped the heat fully circulate inside the tractor rims around all the sticks, all the way to the center of the stack. Worked best with 4'-5" sticks. Smaller pieces will charcoal and fall to the bottom and sit there. Rims make a great fire pit too and radiate heat from the rims walls out. You'll never burn them out. Check around with local scrappers and they always have damaged rims that can't be used on the road any longer and pick them up for scrap weight.

[@Emma-3010]

I have a small piece of charcoal that my great grandfather (died in 1935) burned. It looks similar to the chunk your son held up at 17:24. Really interesting project, thank you very much for sharing it!

[@lbarney56]

Congratulations Holler family on reaching 100k on KZbin!! Bravo! You are an inspiration to us. You keep it real!

[@wildhopehomestead1716]

Good afternoon Hollars, from Waikato, New Zealand. It's always a good day when you upload a video. I get great enjoyment out of watching your experiments, no matter how they turn out! The combination of a curious mind + vision + plus using what you can find = genius.

[@wildhopehomestead1716]

@Homesteading NZ G'day neighbour! 🙂

[@branally]

Congratulations on 100 thousand. I love watching your family and all the things you do. I’ll be sad if you ever stop filming

[@serenagomez3864]

Dear one's so glad you are now moving beyond 1k - don't forget to flash some of your beautiful property- some of us city people just long to see the picture!!!

[@brandilynauntb]

Congratulations on 100 thousand!!!

[@sharonspivey7913]

Congratulations! You have an amazing channel and an amazing family....much love and prayers💖🙏

[@debbieb.8708]

Yep, that is true about the pigs. Keeps the worms away.

[@leem200]

I did not know charcoal was made out of wood. I always thought it was coal. Hahahaha! I am sometimes dumb. hahaha! Told my husband he says what we buy is compressed. Thank you for sharing. I learn allot. Never to old.

[@vickilee2185]

It looks like a success to me. We learned about an important process for lots of people and applications. I follow many channels and have learned so much. If I use-good. If I share-even better. So whatever experiments you are drawn to-someone else had thought about and wanted to try. Most of us don't have the land or the natural materials to use. So thanks in advance for your curiosity and work. Have a good weekend. Blessings

[@soniaspangenberg8557]

Congrats on the 100k subscribers! You so deserve this milestone. People love how hard you guys work on your dream, and the extra work of sharing with us.

[@joharmon2148]

You never know how something will work until you try it and you did well next time even more. Congratulations on your 103K subs

[@laurabrowning924]

You’re so smart and willing to experiment! Way to go!

[@good-timeshomestead2183]

Love fun projects like that, spending time with kids is the best. Great way to show your kids how to start a project and know its a work in progress. Over time they get to see how to over come problems by working at it. Like a science project. Congrats on 100K, Bless your Homestead

[@tammykroll5645]

Yall have came a long way. You look happy. Congratulations on everything.

[@tammysarrazin7078]

100k is great and yes a new baby makes things way to busy lol im glad i can say i have been here with you from day one when you lived in the city and back yard full of compost and plants and chickens and that darn rooster who became dinner lol hugssssssss from Ontario Canada

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Jack here, I've been wanted to make charcoal for a while now. It actually looks fun and it could be educational for our home school. Thanks for sharing. See ya soon I hope.

[@faithrada]

Up in New England we're in a 'no burn' mode..a bad drought here. ☹ Congrats on your 100K goal. You've earned it.

[@AK-ff7qq]

Cool, you want my three brush piles too? I cut a large maple and a wild cherry tree down last month. The maple went to my parents for firewood to heat with.The cherry I got two long straight piece (was a crooked leaning tree over thirty feet high) that I'm going to have cut up at a saw mill. I'm going to make a nice stand in my living room and finish my kitchen remodel next year with it.

[@elizabethbermudez2299]

Love watching your channel you got a beautiful lil family love your boys wonderful family you have blessings ♥️♥️🙏🙏

[@sandyc6569]

👍

[@mtcarmelman632]

AWESOME on the 100k Mark, please don't change, we love The Hollars, wee-one too!!!!!

Charcoal is also useful as a component (along with sand) to filter water making it suitable for drinking. It's used in some aquarium & pond filters, too. And if you're container gardening, adding a layer of it on top of your gravel base helps keep the soil from "souring."

[@ciaobella8963]

Congratulations guys! 100k+ and still moving forward. Personally, I love watching the innovative things you make Ben, and Meg's touch with the garden is inspiring as well. God bless you all.

[@frenchysandi]

Charcoal is often given orally to people that overdose to detoxify them.

[@alisonshanahan9529]

It's also great for upset stomachs.

[@09conrado]

Charcoal withput the oily bits, that is. Basically biochar

[@monikastep5711]

I recall getting charcoal tablets in the eastern europe in the 80s for upset stomach. It always worked.

[@tennesseetexan1957]

@Alina McPherson gets the bad crap out that caused the upset stomach in the first place. It also absorbs toxins & acids.

[@wendywobbles1]

What a great project for you and the boys :0) congratulations on reaching 103K

[@juneyb01]

Kevin and Dutch (Keeping it Dutch) made charcoal when they did the pig roast. A quick look may help you.

[@sueg3363]

Congratulations on the 100k, well deserved ❤️❤️

[@southernyankeehomestead3230]

Congratulations on making 100k! You were one of the 2 main inspirations for my wife and I to make our own channel. Keep up the good work!

[@evalinawarne1337]

I love the SMELL of burning woods. GREAT JOB. You can draw with the burned wood. FUN. Thank you. CHOW.🀄🀄🀄🐣🐥🐦🐦🎆🎆💐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖💯🀄🀄🛐💜🔯🛐🛐💜☕☕☕☕🍪🍪

[@naomibeery8098]

I have been very impressed with the progress yall have made on your land! I've been following your channel and I just love watching your family!

[@fridomsnowbird5398]

Hey,good video! I started watching your channel as the result of watching Roots and Refuge's channel. They recommend your channel when you stayed with them for Christmas. I subscribed to your channel but didn't start watching. After watching 8 or more videos I realized that I like yours quite a bit better than theirs. You guys are actually doing a lot more interesting homesteading videos. I also like Art and Bri's channel for the same reasons. Keep up the great work!

[@tubularguynine]

100K congrats, Y'all! My dad was a gunsmith, among other things, and I and the other kids used to help him gather wood to make the 'hole-in-the-ground' charcoal to use to make black powder and burn in the forge to melt lead for bullets...good times!

[@lindastrandquist2429]

Love the amount of information that is given. And that you learn from the things that dont go exactly as you wanted.

[@sovereigns1grace]

Really cool (or hot lol). If you dig the pit like you mentioned ... When its time to stop the burn you can shovel the dirt from the pit onto the fire around the barrel instead of water. A little less goopy I'd think.? 💕

[@misty2782]

Nice! Good info! I've always wanted to make my own charcoal.

[@PattyPaints]

You guys are so fun to watch. I've only recently found your channel and have been enjoying catching up. I've learned so much in such a short time. You make me want to 'get back to the land' and what's important - being more self-sufficient.

[@tammyvaughn6662]

Great job on 100,000! That's awesome! I've been following a lot of homestead videos. Very informative!

[@stormy1363]

The short clips you put at the beginning of your videos to catch our attention are excellent! I remember seeing coke ovens built in the 1800s for the railroads in Colorado. They needed to convert timber into charcoal to power the steam engines in the upper elevations. I can almost picture how one would look built into the side of your dug out area. They were old fashioned beehive shaped. Godspeed to you all!

[@sallyboothe911]

Congratulations on 💯 thousand + 🎊🙏🏻. Y’all are much loved by so many that wish y’all well and want to be a part of your family. FROM far away of course. I miss Meg. I would enjoy a video of her and Bug going about their daily routines. She is an inspiration to a lot of young mothers who, like her have their hands full, taking care of home, family, home schooling, tending to the needs of a baby, whew, I got tired just thinking about that much and I know there’s more. Love you all. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

[@jonh1958]

Year's ago a saw I saw a TV programme about a gentleman called Ben Law. He is a woodsman living in the UK, built his own home from the woodland and makes charcoal to sell. Very interesting guy and his setup was similar to yours Ben. Im sure with a little practice and some more thought you'll get it right on your next attempt.

[@sandybabb8313]

I have done this on a small scale to make my own drawing charcoal out of willow. Very cool.

[@barbaravollmert9508]

Congratulations on100!! You totally deserve it!! Best wishes to the whole family!!

[@dianecollier7862]

Well done on the 100,000 mark I think that's awesome for you and your amazing channel !!!!! I came into your channel while you were starting your cross country journey and went back and watched ALL of your video's. You have done amazing things in such a short time. Well done Hollar's. I look forward to more video's from you Meg and the family.

[@maryjemison1101]

All sounds very interesting & weather looks beautiful 🍂🍁🦃✨✨🔥🔥You can do this 🙏

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Congrats on 100K...and don't be surprised if we end up neighbors (well Tennessee) as you are living my dream!!

[@deborahjaniak7531]

Yahoo 100k! Congratulations! Love your journey and amazing family! God Bless You Abundantly!

[@lindalong2297]

Bravo. You have more now than when you started. Total win in that regard.

[@Tinkergrumpybuns]

Good to see you again. Busy busy with the little one! Just fyi- charcoal used to treat ingested poison and OD in emergency rooms. So figures for animals belly issues! Love to all. Congrats on 100k

[@janeschmidt9611]

Congratulations Hollar’s! I’ve loved watching your adventures and watching your family grow. I’m looking forward to learning new things about homesteading in your new videos. Keep up the great work! 🥰

[@jodic7760]

It’s good to have activated charcoal on hand too! We use it in the hospital for and mission fields for poisoning, snake bites, infected sores etc.... it is also good for your GI tract as long as you drink plenty of water!

[@patriciakoester1580]

♥️ We Love y’all Hollar’s ♥️ 🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏

[@Steve.5]

Enjoyed the video. You know sometimes the old fashioned ways are the best. Both of my grandparents had huge gardens and compost piles. They gleaned a lot of information from the Old Farmers Almanac. 👍

[@steakandeggscynthiar.7714]

Interesting experiment. You had me curious on how it would turn out. I was thinking if the wood pieces were closer to the same sizes you would get more charcoal. The small pieces seem to start becoming cinder before the larger one finished burning. Still in all quite a bit charcoal.

[@joescott3393]

Ben do not forget to add all of the ash and tiny bits to the garden right away or store in an air tight metal container for use in the spring because the ash contains a lot of soluble potash and some phosphorus your garden will love. Excellent video as always. God Bless Joe Scott

[@annamaybeekman5152]

Happy Thanksgiving GOD BLESS. LOVE YOU GUYS

[@mgtmoffat8411]

That was interesting. Had read about it never seen it done. Thank you for showing us. 💞💞💞

[@cherylknight8239]

FANTASTIC ON 103000. HAPPY Thanksgiving. Give that baby a hug and snuggle from Grammy Cheryl.

[@jill.arbogast6538]

Congratulations you have all worked so hard. How are the sweet potatoes?? God Bless🙏🙏🙏🌻🌻🌻

[@faithevrlasting]

Thanks ,Ben. I learned a lot with this video for the garden. Hug Buggie for me, she is SO BEAUTIFUL!

[@glimmermomma4373]

I learn something new every time I watch, thank you so much!!! God bless, give that Princess some sugar for me... hugs 🤗 and kisses 😘..

[@jenniferrashid7565]

Keep doing youtubes Hollars it educates ppl not to give up and keep trying..

[@BiterAvid]

I would say that worked more than it did not work. I think you are and it might have to do with the green freshly cleared wood. Really cool. Thanks for the great video.

[@kcomposano1]

I am so glad you stuck with youtube. You are such an inspiration.

[@PiaLiljebladh]

I’ve heard that it’s good to ’charge’ the biochar, by soaking it with nettle water, compost tea or urin. Then it slowly releases the nutrients back to the soil where you put it. 🇸🇪

[@09conrado]

Yes that is vital. Otherwise it doesn't help but instead sucks up microbes from their surroundings

[@flatsville1]

I live in the land of hardwood charcoal production. It tinkles beautfully when poured. I've crushed and soaked in in a soultion of SEA90. Results noticable after year two post incorporation. Living Web Farms uses SEA90 which was inspired.

[@chrisderouchey1491]

This was really cool to watch Ben! Thank you! Can't wait to see you try again. Congratulations on your 100k subs!!!

[@darrinscard]

After a long week of work I am sitting here Sunday morning with my three kids watching your video and so thankful for what you guys do. Our whole family loves watching your adventures. It shows my kids that we are not the only ones doing what we do on our small homestead. Keep it up!

[@sonyagregory5711]

I've watched other people say how to do this, but your explanation of how it works is easy to understand. Looking forward to more videos about charcoal!❤😊🙏

[@harpstone]

I made my first attempt at making biochar a few weeks ago. I ended up with some decent charcoal but I wouldn't call it biochar. Perfect biochar has an amazing sound when tossed around - almost like a high-pitched ceramic glassy sound, like icicles. You'll know it when you hear it. Perfect biochar can be used to filter the dirtiest water too.

[@stephwilson8822]

This was the coolest vlog ever! My husband loves to grill, bbq, and smoke. We're excited to try this out. Thanks guys!

[@sharonnowlin2297]

Well we know about it, so it worked good enough to show you what you need to do next time and you did get a good amount of charcoal ... just need to burn it longer next time! Seems like pretty much of a win to me!!! I don't like the experiments that are perfect. Seems like videos like this are the VERY best!!! CONGRATS ON the 103K SUBSCRIBERS! You guys deserve each and every one, plus so many more!!! I have been in the hospital with Cellulitis for days, so great to get back to your family videos! THANKS !

[@mackdickson1209]

Congrats on the 100k! I have only made charcoal a couple times, but I found that if you pack the drum as tightly as you can with the wood for coal, it has given me better results. Also I tend to let it burn for at least 12 hours. I use the coal for blacksmithing and bbq.

[@mindi.m]

It's nice to see that other people enjoy your family and your channel as much as I do.

[@jeritoombs1752]

We Love Y'all. Love your experiments. Nothing wrong with time and memories with the family. They are only little once

[@sippinghotchocolate]

the opening music is epic. you have the coolest music of all the homesteaders.

[@glendaruff125]

Congratulations on 100 thousand. So glad all is going good.

[@lauradavis1633]

You are welcome!!! Love, Love, Love, Love you, and Meg, your kids, the adventures, and the dinner prayer. Don't leave it out. You are great witnesses.

[@kennethgibbons2487]

Well done - good to try stuff out and it does not really matter if it is 100% successful or not. While I'm pleased that you have such a large following its hardly surprising - your family brings so much joy to those of us who follow you. Keep safe and God bless.

[@jjo5375]

Interesting and Educational, Matt. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. : )

[@rhondamontiel3827]

You will be greatly rewarded with your garden produce!

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

Congrads on getting to 100k and the charcoal worked and now you know that it has to sit for a bit longer. Great work on making the charcoal.

[@memyselfandeye8377]

Awesomeness! Congrats on 103 thousand.