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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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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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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Another publication. Statewide distribution. Low numbers. But since I’m leading a utilization break out session at the NAA/NNLA summer field day next month, maybe it will give me ‘expertise’ status. After all, It will be 40 miles from home. Hope…
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Well, this is actually pt 4, since the banners were displayed earlier, parades and window. This item was on the must get list. When we take the mill to a client’s location, thought if we left it for a couple…
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Expert: “An ordinary fellow from another town” – Mark Twain “A man fifty miles from home with a briefcase” – Will Rogers I brought this up at the Dallas Regional SCORE Training for the American Small Business Champions. Where…
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Is in the eye of the beholder. We’ve all heard it. Whenever I see chicory I think of a coworker in Virginia that brought in a bouquet of chicory for the conference table where we had staff meetings. Now considering…
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Geneva Days Parade to celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day. And I forgot the flag, grrrrrr. Had conversations with a few people after the parade about either logs they have or slabs they want. Too bad they were repeat conversations and…
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