Author Archives: Anthony Marrero

The City of Minneapolis and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Ask Will Biochar Work…? Good Question.

Recently, the people of Minneapolis have taken it upon themselves to start improving the environment [...]

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The California Drought Is A Real Thing… Are There Ways To Stop It In The Future?

Interesting (and astute) view of the California drought issue from Kelpie Wilson on her site: [...]

Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible?

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National Geographic lists biochar as one of the top climate fixes

National Geographic lists the use of biochar as one of the top 7 ways to [...]

Research confirms biochar benefits

Research is now confirming biochar benefits include: Reduced leaching of nitrogen into ground water Possible [...]

Winter Vegetable Gardening

An important gardening secret that it is possible to grow vegetables outside in winter! With [...]

Wakefield Biochar Is USDA Certified

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What Does Your Soil Look Like After You Pull The Plants Out?

It’s the end of November and, honestly, I’m a bit late to getting outside to tend [...]

The Fall Growing Season Is Over. What Do You Do Now?

The tomato plants are no longer pumping out beautiful, red tomatoes. The berries are done. [...]

Biochar, y’all! What Is It Good For?

Other than backyard gardens what is biochar good for? ABSOLUTELY (most) EVERYTHING! “Everything” is a [...]

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The Backyard Garden Got A Bit Crazy This Year

There was no way we were going to get through this spring and summer without [...]

What is Biochar and why is it becoming a ‘thing’ now?

Over the past three or four years the we (the Wakefield staff) have become more [...]

U.N. Report Says CO2 was at an all time high in 2013

The United Nations weather agency reported that 2013 had a record level of carbon dioxide [...]