• Compost - Peat vs Peat Free
    What are your opinions? We are all (probably) aware of the impact of peat harvesting but in the paper the other day in the gardening bit there was mention of some kind of study comparing peat and peat...
  • The peat-free mission continues...
    Apart from a quick fill up of the bird feeders (and a nod of appreciation to my returning Brambling), I didn't get to spend any time in the garden this week, which as you can imagine was quite a wrench...
  • Making it easy to go peat-free
    We all know why we need to go peat-free in our gardens (and here's a little background information into the issue). But I'm very interested in the psychology of it, and what many people want (understandably...
  • Good news on the peat-free front
    One of the problems of going ‘peat-free’ has always been the raising of seeds and cuttings. Gardeners all knew how to get the best results using peat, and there’s no denying that it is a really reliable...
  • So far so good on the peat-free trial
    A few weeks back, I set out to test for myself some of the peat-free composts on the market. This, I quickly explain, is no scientifically rigorous test. I don't have the time, experience or facilities...