| #259 |
I don't use peat compost but understand why people do: it's readily available, affordable, consistent in texture, easy to grow stuff in... Unfortunately the compost companies have been too slow to produce viable, peat free alternatives. It wasn't so long ago that your only option was New Horizon or some green waste rubbish. Unfortunately a lot of peat free costs too much and prices have crept up quite a bit from last year, so I think people will continue to buy peat compost until it's gone.
One of my local garden centres is stocking two new peat frees this year to make it four in total, but they're all made by one of two giant companies. We got a bag of the new Levington peat free which seemed alright until I started finding lots of bits of shredded plastic in it. Nowhere on the bag did it say it contained green waste compost. Why am I paying £6.99 for 50 L of bark, grit and green waste?
One of my local garden centres is stocking two new peat frees this year to make it four in total, but they're all made by one of two giant companies. We got a bag of the new Levington peat free which seemed alright until I started finding lots of bits of shredded plastic in it. Nowhere on the bag did it say it contained green waste compost. Why am I paying £6.99 for 50 L of bark, grit and green waste?
![[-]](https://gardenandgossip.org/images/zen/collapse.png)