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Lead By: South Shore Permaculture instructors Todd Breitenstein and Brett Sovick; accompanied by Wildland Timber owner and master tree feller, George Thibeault
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Time:9 AM to 2 PM
Location: Fowl Play Farm & Miss Bee Haven, LLC
370 Summer St, Duxbury, MA,02332
Why Attend?
- Discover practical, low-cost ways to turn local timber into tools for resilience on your farm & forest. This hands-on workshop will show you how to:
- Preserve fenceposts naturally using the Japanese Shou-SugiBan (Yakisugi) charring method
- Produce biochar from local timber and explore its applications in soil health, composting, and livestock systems
- How Silvopasture is applied at the forest level.
What You Will Experience
- Live demonstration of fencepost charring using a roll-through system
- Step-by-step biochar kiln operation (loading, burning, inoculating, application)
- Expert-led discussions: Why Biochar? Why Char Fenceposts?
- Forest and Silvopasture walk
- Q&A on applying biochar and charred posts to real farm systems
- Lunch: light farm-sourced boxed lunch included
FREE Event funded through ForestsWork
Register: Space is limited. Please contact Mike Downey at 413-212-3039 or
michael.downey@mass.gov to pre-register.
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Fowl Play Farm & Miss Bee Haven, LLC
370 Summer Street
Duxbury, MA 02332
United States