Common Ground

So what is Peat? And why is it bad for the environment?? 🌎

Peat — Or Peat Moss, is harvested from pristine bogs and wetlands. It's made from organic matter (mostly moss) that decays in water logged conditions over hundreds of years.

Where is it used? — It's the most common ingredient in mainstream potting soils and garden soils.

Why is it bad for the environment? — Besides the obvious (see harvesting pic!), peat soils are important carbon stores. They contain 44% of all soil carbon. When it's harvested, trucked thousands of miles, and then put in your garden or pots, it decomposes. This releases the CO2 (that would have been stored) into the atmosphere, further contributing to climate change.

What's a better solution? — Use recycled organic matter to boost your plants and garden instead. Our Nutrient Blend uses Vermicompost, Blood Meal and Biochar to give you similar benefits to Peat Moss, but with a much lower environmental footprint. The biochar actually stores carbon, instead of releasing it like peat moss, which helps the climate rather than harm it.

That's why biochar has been recognized by the IPCC as a top 6 carbon removal process, and Peat Moss has been *banned* in gardening products by the UK.

Learn more at cgbiochar.com and check out our Peat free, climate friendly Nutrient Blend at: https://cgbiochar.com/products/nutrient-blend

Last chance to give your vegetables a nutrient boost before fall harvest! 🍅🥒🍂

Biochar is like a sponge—it holds on to nutrients and moisture in your soil much longer. Look at the difference it can make!

Biochar acts like a home for microbial cultures which leads to increased root growth and healthier plants. Left most: our latest formula for the Nutrient Blend, middle: an earlier version of our formula, right: control (mostly coconut coir).

The most special ingredient: biochar.

Our Pure Biochar product is best used as a compost additive, to reduce odours in animal beds, or as a soil amendment after it’s been charged with nutrients.

Visit cgbiochar.com/biochar to check it out!

Healthy soil, with no downside.

• Retain moisture and nutrients longer in your soil
• Increase microbial life around your plants
• Improve resilience to drought and other stressors

All without any synthetic chemicals or products with massive carbon footprints.

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For carbon negative, 100% organic, peat-free soil blends that work, visit cgbiochar.com.