Learn how peat moss—a common element of container gardening—affects climate change and what you can use as a sustainable ...

It is often used as an amendment when growing acid-loving plants, such as blueberries and Rhododendrons. Most of the peat moss used in the United States is harvested from the bogs in Canada.

On calm March afternoons, it is common to see a few bees stretching their wings and scouting around. On pleasant March days ...

“Sphagnum moss itself is incredible,” Colwell noted. “It’s very slow growing.” It grows so slowly, in fact, that it can take thousands and thousands of years for a peat bog to develo ...

Seed starting soil is a very fine soil with a combination of ground peat moss, coconut coir and perlite that allows seeds to ...

In five letters, AmericanHort urged the administration to exclude sphagnum peat moss and peat-based products from any ...

Miles Berkey] When there is high enough annual precipitation, you get this growing. And this is in the family Sphagnaceae, and this is otherwise known as peat moss. Sphagnum is very, very ...

Moss is able to grow in low mineral conditions, it doesn’t rot away but builds up to form deep layers which is called peat. Bogs like this one have been growing for thousands of years ...