Tree coming down? Let's craft a dream!
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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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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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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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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Get asked all the time if this log or that one is worth milling. They’ve been sitting for ‘a while’. It’s not a ‘great tree’. What can it be used for? Actually, someone at church asked this week if Chinese…
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Our grant award is in the news… Thanks, The Nebraska Signal. If you want to follow along as we develop Trees2Biochar with material not suited to the sawmill, please like our Facebook page @trees2products. For more info on…
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So many uses for biochar. It can improve your soil and therefore crop growth, but can it also reduce health care costs? This from a research study at Rice University. When I first saw the headline, I thought they were…
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“Waste” to Value Added Product We are passionate about our natural resources. From soil to all things that depned on it to grow. When a farmer can improve the soil, they can decrease inputs and improve their bottom line. When…
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Pope Francis declared September 1, 2017 the World Day of Care for Creation. Something the Orthodox Church has done since 1989. The annual day of prayer offers individuals and the community of believers as a whole to “…renew our personal participation…
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We’re trying for a grant that will help us get a safer and more efficient way of gathering what’s perceived as ‘wood waste’. We will be an outlet for roughsawn lumber, custom wood products from spoons and clocks to furniture,…
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