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Follansbee, Wv

Too anyone who may be interested...

I have decided to build a new tea brewer. I was considering using a 250 gallon oil tank, but have abandoned the idea over concerns of the metal oxidizing in the solution and doing more harm than good.

Anyway, the new design will be a huge improvement over the rubbermaid storage tub I used last year. I will be taking photos of the project, and will make a step-by-step layout of the construction process.

Interested parties, stay tuned. I will post again once the project is completed. As with the worm article, if enough interest is shown I will submit the work to Ken for approval and posting in the "How To" section.

2/25/2006 5:36:46 AM

Long Island,New York

Monty...make it without needing electric to operate it please.....

2/25/2006 8:15:03 AM

maine USA

I would find that very interesting, along with recipes for compost tea. I am sure that there must be different teas used for different stages in plant developement. thanks Kathy

2/25/2006 11:56:36 AM

Ontario, Canada.

Sounds pretty good Monty. You really need air to bubble it though. Aerobic teas are more common for our applications. It is pretty hard to get good quick tea without a power source to introduce some sort of compressed air.

2/26/2006 6:39:42 PM

Long Island,New York

It might be hard but Monty is mcGiver and he can do it....

2/26/2006 7:58:27 PM

South Western Pa

Hi Monty

Your worm, “How Too” was an excellent article, and I just want to put my request in that you make you tea brewer into a similar article.

Thanks for all valuable the information you have added to this site and made available to us all.

Mark Muller

2/26/2006 9:30:12 PM

Follansbee, Wv

LOL G, I could make one that doesn't need electricity, but how much peddaling you want to do would determine the quality of your tea ;)

2/27/2006 8:27:32 AM

Colorado

Monty
Your "How Too" on the worms was very informative.
A article on How Too brew compost tea would be
great. I considered trying this last year but
did not have a clue as to how to approach this.
Thanks Kirk

2/27/2006 11:32:11 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

G, consider those pond pumps working with solar energy panels

2/27/2006 12:40:35 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Monty(Obbiewan)J., Please impart knowledge available on "TEA" so we all may help protect the universe...LOL Seriously, the worm article was incredible, and we all await the next in the series. Kudos for all you effort. Peace, Wayne

2/27/2006 9:45:28 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Monty,

Do you subcribe to the Soil Food Web's eZine?

2/27/2006 10:42:32 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Never heard of it Steve. Sounds interesting though.

2/28/2006 7:42:41 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Check your mail for the 4 most recent issues that I'm sending you. There should be a link there that will let you subscribe yourself.

Soil Food Web, Inc is dr. Elaine Ingham's brain child & a very valuable resource if you are going to get into this.

Her latest book is available here:

http://earthfortification.com/shopexd.asp?id=18

Soil Food Web Inc tests soils & teas for their "quality" but the costs run up to $200 each. I'd love to obtain the gas recovery equipment & stereocopic electron microscopes to do this stuff myself but....

http://www.soilfoodweb.com/

Check it out.

Steve

2/28/2006 9:55:01 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Glenn,

The are plenty of 12 volt pumps out there. Sure-Flo comes to mind.

Knowing your situation, why not consider some deep cycle marine batteries tied to a solar battery charger?

This is a very do-able project but you might want to start on conventional AC at home to work out the bugs in brewing first.

Monty, the easiest vessel to work with is a clean plastic 55 gallon drum. Horticultural Oil, some food ingredients, commercial laundry detergents, etc all come in drums that can be had free & cleaned well enough for this project. Whatever you do, don't get rooked into spending thou$ands of dollars on a pre-built system. Waste of money for those who are handy & have a Northern Tool catalog or similar.

2/28/2006 10:03:11 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Thanks Steve. That's a very interesting site. Believe me, I have no intention of spending any money on a pre-built system. I have always relied on my own ingenuity to build what I need. The whole point of this is to show people how to do it as cheaply and efficiently as possible.

2/28/2006 12:30:24 PM