It's interesting to read about compost made with peat. It is spoken of as though it were a given that compost is always made with peat. This is a total surprise to me! None of my reading and discussions in 40 years of gardening has mentioned using peat in compost. There was a mighty old girl in Eng...

A simple way to replace peat from the ground is to use the renewable Coco-Peat made from coconut fibre. It is a waste product from the Sri Lankan coconut industry. And any other tropical country which has a coconut industry will potentially be able to make this product. The coir fibre is chopped an...