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Doug Freyburger wrote: Billy wrote: Rodale has a different take on peat moss. http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/search/node/peat Bill, "FarmI" was addressing the ecological impact of harvesting peat moss. Rodale seems to just address the use of peat moss. The two sites are talking past each other. I grew up near Niagra Falls in a region with a thick clay layer of subsoil and a pretty thin layer of loom over it. We added peat moss to our gardens every year in an attempt to make the loom thicker. Mixed in and dilute it appeared to draw worms that consumed it in a couple of years. We could keep added moss every year as long as we lived there without any build up or ill effect. We never deposited a few meters of straight peat moss like happens in a bog so it did not build. As to harvesting, it's like a forest. As long as new grows at least as fast as you harvest it renews. I'm sure there are sustainable and non-sustainable peat moss harvesting business out there. If I could tell which is which I'd buy my annual bale from the sustainable folks. Peat moss will certainly do the job, Doug, and can be useful if you want to add an a slightly acidic amendment to your soil. I'e done a little experimenting with rye and buckwheat, and have been very happy with the way that they have broken up my heavy clay soil. Once conditioned, and then kept covered with mulch, the soil has maintained its lightness. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyE5wjc4XOw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vN0--mHug |
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