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- Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:05 pm
- Forum: News and Views
- Topic: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
- Replies: 32
- Views: 37054
Re: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
For anyone interested, here is a round-up of links to news stories following the Chat Moss decision: Salford Council finally sees sense after 50 years! The Salford Star with a piece giving some historical background on the long-running campaign to end peat extraction at Chat Moss. m Salford Chat Mos...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:18 am
- Forum: News and Views
- Topic: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
- Replies: 32
- Views: 37054
Re: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
By way of clarification on what Salford City Council’s Planning and Transport Regulatory Panel actually said about site restoration in their press release (given in full in the first post on this thread): 4. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the site can be successfully restored to a lowl...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:12 am
- Forum: News and Views
- Topic: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
- Replies: 32
- Views: 37054
Re: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
On a constructive note, I've experimented with and grown many fantastic crops using many of the no-dig/mulching techniques that Nature's Babe frequently and enthusiastically describes. For those who treasure their back issues of KG, I wrote an extensive article on my no-dig allotment in the April 19...
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:58 am
- Forum: News and Views
- Topic: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
- Replies: 32
- Views: 37054
Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused
Salford City Council's Press Release: Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused Salford City Council’s Planning and Transport Regulatory Panel refused the grant of permission to allow the extraction of peat at Chat Moss at its meeting today (30 June 2011). The Panel considered three appl...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:50 pm
- Forum: News and Views
- Topic: Garden Organic launches 'I don't dig peat' campaign
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18739
Garden Organic launches 'I don't dig peat' campaign
Garden Organic's new campaign 'I don't dig peat', in which gardeners are being encouraged to sign the 'peat-free promise', and which is being backed by TV gardener Alys Fowler, was launched today (23 June 2011).
Full details: http://www.idontdigpeat.org.uk/
Full details: http://www.idontdigpeat.org.uk/
- Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:56 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1048
Re: Happy Birthday.
Thanks oldherbaceous, much appreciated. Yes, a good day was had by all.
- Wed May 11, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
Garden Organic's Chief Horticultural Officer and KG magazine contributor Bob Sherman, has written to BBC Gardeners' World magazine in response to Alan Titchmarsh's comments on using peat and weedkillers:
http://www.organicinthegarden.com/forum ... html#msg87
http://www.organicinthegarden.com/forum ... html#msg87
- Mon May 02, 2011 11:13 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Contents of commercial composts
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8602
Re: Contents of commercial composts
m ... e-13252340 In the bulletin they say that the circumstances are suspicious! Fundamentalists who cannot get their own way do the most awful things to achieve their aim. This is generally when a minority group are trying to win the day over the majority. JB. What the BBC news report at the link ...
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:25 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Facts? Who needs facts?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3339
Re: Facts? Who needs facts?
A polite request: would those who have made it clear they are not interested in contributing further and/or constructively to the peat conversation, kindly to stick to their word and keep their miserable unpleasantness to themselves.
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:24 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
@Cider Boys Thanks for your post, I agree entirely with its sentiments. Discussions like this are much more fruitful and thought-provoking when those joining in, whatever their viewpoint, show a genuine interest in healthy debate as opposed to cheap point-scoring and a constant need to undermine ot...
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:37 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
Nurserywoman Sue Beesley, who runs Bluebell Cottage Gardens and Lodge Lane Nursery, in Cheshire, has written an 'open letter' to Alan Titchmarsh following his 'defence' of peat use. It makes some excellent points and hits the nail on the head with passages such as: But I really mind very much that, ...
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:35 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
@Colin Miles I admire your persistance as a propagandist... I'm afraid that ongoing attempts to smear my contributions to this forum - here by wrongly accusing me of 'propaganda' - are lame at best. Propaganda is defined as 'derogatory information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used ...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: HDRA (Garden Organic) dumbing down a step too far?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2225
Re: HDRA (Garden Organic) dumbing down a step too far?
I'm sure Garden Organic would welcome input from anyone who thinks they might be 'dumbing down' at their AGM/Conference on May 14th: A growing appetite for green gardening presents opportunities for building a nation of sustainable gardeners. Join Garden Organic as it debates how to best turn the UK...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:14 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
Emma Cooper , author of The Alternative Kitchen Garden , has recorded an excellent 10-minute podcast following Alan Titchmarsh's recent 'defence' of peat use. She starts by explaining when peat first came to be used for compost, why we use it, and why ending it's use is a matter of urgency. The pod...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:12 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16318
Re: Alan Titchmarsh on peat use
"Gaps in our evidence base" and "treated with caution" are a world away from: To quote DEFRA, who openly admit that that their published statistics are incorrect... So I ask the question again, please provide some credible information to back this statement up i.e. where do DEFRA...