http://civileats.com/2009/04/22/before-you-grow-5-reasons-to-go-peat-free-in-your-garden/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 05:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://civileats.com/2009/04/22/before-you-grow-5-reasons-to-go-peat-free-in-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Paul Kobulnicky Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:14:16 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=3233#comment-2848 Amen! If you have a piece of property, there is ABSOLUTELY no need for Peat. An effective alternative, assuming that you have growing things, is a simple bagging mower (or better a rake but some small use of energy can be more efficient). Collect mowed up grass (not sprayed!), leaves, fall flower and veggie garden residue, shredded newspaper (no recycle value now anyhow), cleaned out kitty litter, kitchen wastes before cooking (eat up what you cook and don't cook more than you can eat) and compost it in simple wire hoop compost piles. Voilla. It is easy. And PLEASE, don't plastic or paper bag your yard waste for the trash man ... what a double waste of energy. Amen! If you have a piece of property, there is ABSOLUTELY no need for Peat. An effective alternative, assuming that you have growing things, is a simple bagging mower (or better a rake but some small use of energy can be more efficient). Collect mowed up grass (not sprayed!), leaves, fall flower and veggie garden residue, shredded newspaper (no recycle value now anyhow), cleaned out kitty litter, kitchen wastes before cooking (eat up what you cook and don’t cook more than you can eat) and compost it in simple wire hoop compost piles. Voilla. It is easy. And PLEASE, don’t plastic or paper bag your yard waste for the trash man … what a double waste of energy.

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