Re: Peat

**"* C* <d*@chilitech.net>**

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MaryannWhitman" <maryannwhitman@comcast.net>

> In the case of peat there is very little reason to do it--I say
> 'very little' though I cannot think of one reason .

I have not bought a bale of peat in well over a decade, though it has 
nothing to do with peat preservation or C02 sequestration. Many years ago 
there was a very wet spring in the peat bogs and they couldn't get machinery 
in to harvest it, so the price skyrocketed. It was at a time when I was 
developing and double digging a largish mixed border. So instead of peat, I 
used the much cheaper bags of pine bark mulch that pile up in big box 
parking lots every spring. What I learned is that not only is it cheaper, it 
is much better as a soil amendment in the ground and in container mixes. 
Cheaper and better is a hard combination to beat.

D 

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