Scum!!!!

Alternative Heat from Pond Scum

This year our pond has produced an overabundance of algae, and instead of simply trying to do something about the pond scum, I'm trying to figure out how to do something with the pond scum. In addition to using it in the compost bin, I'm making bricks for our wood stove. To do this, I made a brick mold and filled it with muck that I scooped up out of the pond, slopped it into the wooden mold, then let the algae dry into lightweight bricks. Watch the video of "the burning of the algae." Not the most flammable substance, but I think I'm on the right track. I'm hoping someone here knows how I can tweak the recipe for these alternative heating bricks so all this pond scum doesn't go to waste. Thanks

Love this idea.  Now if my pond would only have an overabundance of algae.  On second thought - I'll just keep burning wood.  Too much work to pull out the algae from the pond.