Making Charcoal

 I love to learn the way people do things here. Our guys wanted to make charcoal from one of the dead trees that they cut down. Here's the way it works:

First they dig a shallow hole and lay the sticks in it. The big ones go on the top.
An opening is left on one end to light the fire, and three openings are left on the other end.

Then they pile dirt and grass/weeds over the wood.

The fire is lit. An unpleasant smoke odor fills the air for one or two weeks.

Charcoal!