Winnipeg Free Press
Gardeners dig into mixed environmental messaging on peat
It’s been nearly five decades since Janet Epp first tried her green thumb at gardening.
Now, countless hours later, as she preps spring seeds, she finds herself contemplating a new hopefully more sustainable way of doing things.
The material she’s concerned with is peat moss: an ideal and common additive used to help nurture plants.
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As gardener Janet Epp preps spring seeds she finds herself contemplating a new hopefully more sustainable way of doing things.
In recent years, however, peat has gotten a lot of flack for being an unsustainable product in the horticultural world, and gardeners are taking note (including the organization Epp is a part of, the Manitoba Master Gardeners Association).