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  Digester monitoring, and a trip to Suame Magazine   DIGESTER #1 IS ALIVE!    After last month’s loading of digester #1 with sludge and rumen, it has come alive and is producing gas. Martin, Johannes, and Justin have a twice a week monitoring schedule underway. Gas bubbles can be seen coming up through the […]

  Things we see on our frequent trips around Kumasi   MATTRESS WARS    ASHFOAM is one of two major mattress sellers in Kumasi, and their ads are everywhere! Both companies will pay the cost of painting their ads on homes and shops around town. We notice the ASHFOAM models lack of arms are made up by her

  Fun with Flora and Fauna!   GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS           The six chicks are growing much faster than the goats. They get free range in the garden through chicken-sized openings in the gates. The goats are excluded.   AN ONGOING EXPERIMENT    Gardening is always an ongoing journey of discovery. We continue to see

  Delivery – November 1st   SUNSET AT DOMPOASE    The 15kW generator was supposed to arrive by 3pm, leaving lots of daylight left for the unloading. Instead, the truck finally showed up at 5:45pm, just as the sun was setting. Like a bull in a china shop, the truck driver didn’t listen to advice

  SO – IT’s NOT ALL ABOUT FECAL SLUDGE   The Wilds of Dompoase – In which Bob walks the area looking for and photographing that nature thing.   PORCUPINES AND COCOYAM    The porcupine is the mascot of the Asante Kotoko Football Club, the Kumasi based soccer team that is last years league champion. This particular

  FECAL SLUDGE FUN   HEAVY EQUIPMENT    This is the “long reach” that was purchased to desludge the fecal sludge ponds in Kumasi. Unfortunately, some years ago it was driven too close to one of the ponds, tumbled in, and spoiled the motor. Fecal sludge management ponds need to routinely have solids removed in order to

  FS2BD Project Update   THE BIG DAY FINALLY ARRIVES!    Bob and Jeremy take their position on top of the water storage tower awaiting the flow of rumen and feces to begin.   THOSE FUNNY FERMENTATION GUYS!    Wilson knows that something big is about to happen – Johannes also anticipates the impending arrival

  More Landfill Fun!   LANDFILL TRAFFIC    When we travel the landfill road, we’re always in the presence of BIG TRUCKS. My driver/friend Eric drives a Nissan Twister, a very small car. This means we wait for, or follow, or get out the way of these big guys who are now on “their turf”

  LOTS OF PROGRESS – NOT YET COMPLETED   TAKING FORM    Work continues at our pilot plant at the Dompoase Landfill. The access footbridge leads the way into the site.   GOING VERTICAL    The small production building is rising from its foundation and the tower for the water tank is in place. This