Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Adele has worked in gardening for 25 years. She grows a wide range of plants at the Which? Gardening trial grounds and is our compost expert. Peat was once seen as a cheap and plentiful material that ...

A gardening guru says Britons "should do all (they) can to buy peat-free" despite the benefits of the compost to their flowerbeds. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to ...

Peat, or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts ...

With the country’s carbon emissions in dire need of a reduction, the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) announced a consultation to ban domestic use of peat compost by 2024.

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THIS month, the UK government announced that peat-based composts would no longer be sold to home gardeners by 2024. But some say the ban should happen sooner and also encompass peat’s use by plant ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Under new proposals, the sale of compost containing peat would be phased out in the amateur horticulture sector in England and Wales by the end of this Parliament, to cut carbon emissions and conserve ...

Forestry England among agencies still buying peat, which is UK’s biggest natural store of CO 2 Government agencies are still buying peat-based compost even though the environment secretary is planning ...