I have, for several years, been very careful in my own garden to avoid peat based compost. Whilst gardeners continue to rave about it’s growing properties the problem is that though your flowers may be growing tall, the peat bogs are shrinking. And this is a SEVERE problem.<\/p>\n
Peat bogs take million’s of years to grow and are said to increase by just one millimetre per year, yes, that’s a decade to get just 1cm of new peat bog. It is believed that 94per cent of lowland peat environments have already been destroyed, largely for the horticultural industry. Its use is changing however, and over the past few years the amount of peat based products has plummeted, with 54per cent of most garden compost bags now free of this precious material. However, whilst the use of peat in the last decade is said to have fallen by 20per cent, we’re still using it at an excessive rate; a rate which cannot be replenished.<\/p>\n
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