David W.E. Roberts wrote:
"anita" wrote in message
s.com...
On a lot of garden programs they all say they don't like or use
peat
why is this?
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anita

Because the peat takes a long time to create (many centuries if not
millenia) and it is being excavated to extinction

........ Strictly speaking, it was extinct before it was excavated.
;-)

.........by commercial users.
This destroys a major natural habitat.

There is no denying that.
However, ..... in some specific areas where they are trying to
re-introduce wetlands (creating one environment at the expense of
another), it is necessary to skim off the higher exposed layers of
peat and so a certain amount is still being commercially 'harvested'
under strict controls and licences. It's an ecological juggling act.
Each side has its supporters and its objectors.
Cue for uninformed debate. ;-)

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ned