by Bill Peregrine | Jan 29, 2017 | Bacteria, Biochar, Blog, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Gardening, Health, Insects, Lawn, Microbes, Nature, Organics, Sustainable
Carbon is a greenhouse gas. It gets trapped in the atmosphere and increases the temperature on Earth. Plants take in Carbon in the form of CO2 and lock-up the Carbon as wood and breathe out the Oxygen (the “O2” part of CO2). In the case of our...
by Bill Peregrine | Oct 14, 2016 | Bacteria, Biochar, Blog, Organics, Sustainable
What is Biochar? Biochar is charcoal derived from plant matter (i.e. trees) that when amended into the soil increases water holding capacity, facilitates nutrient exchange, increases biological activity, and improves soil structure. Biochar is a very stable form of...
by [email protected] | Apr 19, 2014 | Biochar, Blog, Diseases, Nature, Organics
It’s a sad spring as my tree form Japanese Maple is dying. I noticed the first branches dying last fall and while I was beginning to get concerned I decided to wait and see what happened this spring. Of the 3 most prevalent root borne diseases to affect Japanese...
by [email protected] | Jan 4, 2014 | Biochar, Blog, Organics
As we discussed in our last post on Biochar, this product has amazing potential for solving many of the environmental problems we face. We found this nice summary posted by Biochar Supreme (http://www.biocharsupreme.com/) and when we read through this we wonder,...