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Playing with Cow Poo – Bio Digester Routines Part 4
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast describes the process after the cow manure goes through the biodigester. The biodigester compost pits and reed bed are shown and how he generates soil fertility through the cycling process is discussed.
Part One of Bio Digester Routines is here
Part Two of Bio Digester Routines is here
Part Three of Bio Digester Routines is here
Thanks for the video. Really interesting system, and I love how much easier things are to understand via video vs print/pictures. Keep up the great work!
PRI Sunshine Coast should do a farm tour video. I would love to see other parts of the farm!
Thanks for this video, i like to ask what is the distance between the bio Digester and kitchen also if we can us outlet directly for trees
The biodigester is about 100 meters from the main kitchen and the gas flows quite well.
We used 3/4 pipe to ensure less restriction of the gas flow.
I dont recommend to apply the slurry from the digester directly to plants because the nitrogen content is still to high and could cause nitrate issues. therefor we put the slurry through a compost process first.
I hope this helps.
Tom