Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

In case you hadn't heard, gardeners around the world are being urged to stop using peat moss in their gardens. You may rely on peat moss to boost your plants' growth, particularly at this time of year ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — As you get your garden ready this year, there is a type of soil additive that may be doing more harm than good: peat. Naturally found in bogs, peat has some large environmental ...

A ban on the sale of peat compost to gardeners by 2024 is not ambitious enough and should be brought forward to the end of this year, campaigners say. The environment secretary confirmed that the sale ...

B&Q is urging the UK government to ban sales of bagged peat-based compost by 2024 to enable peatlands to optimise carbon sequestering. The home improvement and garden living retailer set a goal last ...

THIS month, the UK government announced that peat-based composts would no longer be sold to home gardeners by 2024. But some say the ban should happen sooner and also encompass peat’s use by plant ...

With an estimated 30–40% of the United States' food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

We tend to regard gardening as a benign pursuit. It’s an innocuous pastime that only brings positives, both in the friendships we develop through a mutual appreciation of gardening and that sense of ...

Peat or coir? That could become one of those defining questions, like "Paper or plastic?" Or (in New Mexico), "Red or green?" Peat is familiar to gardeners, compressed into small melt-in-your-ground ...

Tomato plants are seen in trays with pure food waste substrate, pure commercial peat moss-based potting mix, and blends of ...