Let’s try this again
We are still trying to get a truck, trailer and grapple dedicated to Trees2Products. Using the farm gear has kept us from achieving all we can. Slow but sure and steady wins the race, but we’ll see if we can…
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Tree coming down? Let's craft a dream
Biochar and Animal Confinement
I suffer from anosmia. Meaning I can’t smell. Not sour milk. Not skunk aftermath. Not the manure in the stock yard. But I have people in my life with over active olfactory sensory neurons. They smell it very well and…
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Beauty in a old log
By the hands of a skillful craftsman. Beauty. A client wanted an old mulberry log made into boards so it could be taken to a relative in Colorado to use in woodworking…
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More Recycling in our future
Back in the day when I worked for New Mexico State Forestry, I was Queen of Recycling. It was somewhat fitting that I married the man handling the recycling for his community. It was nice to find a community where…
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Old maple surprise
Cutting into a log can reveal all sorts of surprises. Maple on ground for 2 years. Exterior looked like piece on left. Inside was spalted. We’ve made a few cheese boards (Charcuterie) for my nephew and his bride. A…
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A Bus Tour Came
Wednesday August 8, 2018 was a history maker. A UNL Extension tour visited Slezak Ag & Natural Resources and Trees2Products. We shared how we got here, why we believe in sustainable utilization of our natural resources and what we are doing to…
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Another dust bowl?
There were some windy days across the plains in April. In some places, the wind blown soil became a dust cloud and created extremely limited visitility. That led to accidents in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Low visibility on Interstate 80…
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Biochar – Future of Sustainable agriculture
Explanation of biochar – it’s history and just how it helps build soil and improve plant growth in a TEDx by Lauren Hale, when she was a PhD candidate at UC Riverside. Her research was on “the suitability of biochar…
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Benefits abound
Saw this biochar benefit graphic on the website for the International Biochar Initiative “Biochar is a solid material obtained from the carbonisation of biomass. Biochar may be added to soils with the intention to improve soil functions and to reduce…
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Urban Tree Utilization
We have joined the Urban Wood Network (UWN), to share knowledge and lessons learned as we work to keep tree removals out of tree dumps and waste burn piles. Many have been doing it for years in other states. What…
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