"Bill who putters" wrote in message
Dan L wrote:

Peat moss has other uses also. Good for lightening up the garden soil,
used in making your own potting soil and if you soak it in water it
makes that great material used for those wire like hanging baskets
(looks like nesting material).

My wife's parents bought a bale of peat moss every year and
incorporated in their beds. This in N. Jersey where clay was more about
than our sandy loam down here next to the pine barrens.
Seem to recall there was some sort of heath issue with sphagnum moss
but I’ve forgotten the particulars.

Peat moss is OK!

http://www.garden-services.com/sphagnum_moss.htm

I'm stunned that any gardener these days would recommend, approve or in any
way encourage the use of either spagnum or peat. The use of these in any
garden where the gardener has even any mild concern for the environment is a
total no-no.

Coconut fibre is OK and is a very good replacement.