FarmI wrote:
"Nancy Young" wrote

I keep hearing good things about biochar as a soil amendment.

Does anyone here have experience using it? I'm thinking of
adding it to my flower gardens and vegetable beds.

In addition to the things that Billy has said, in the 'old days' when
wood burning fires were still common, the seived charcoal was used in
Spring to spread in an area where the soil needed warming. Being
black it worked to warm the soil and so give gardeners a bit of a
jump on the season.

That's really interesting, this is the first I've been reading about the
'dark earth' thing. I just heard about biochar last year, I guess it
just never came up in all the gardening stuff I've read or watched.
Thanks.

nancy