Home made charcoal

Last evening I made some homemade vine charcoal. It was so easy I am amazed that they sell vine charcoal for the amount of money that they charge. I wondered around the backyard collecting twigs and sticks of all sorts. They ended up being from the sisso tree, the Brazilian pepper tree and even some lantana.I wrapped them all together in two layers of aluminum foil. This got thrown in the fire pit with a bit of wood and some newspapers to get it going. After about 25 minutes I took it out and opened the package. It had sticky dark tar like residue on the inside layer and then lots of nice soft vines of charcoal! All just as easy as that! Today I walked the dog and picked up more sticks at the park. This could be habit forming!