In our weekly Jamie’s Little Allotment column, Jamie Marsh shows us how to create a beautiful summer spectacle.

What is peat-free compost? Peat was once seen as a cheap and plentiful material that gardeners found easy to use. However, peat harvesting releases huge amounts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and ...

From: Dave Ellis, Magdalen Lane, Hedon. Many gardeners are upset that peat is being banned from proprietary or branded compost which they have bought for years to propagate plants from seed and ...

Alan Titchmarsh delves into the history of compost, and has finally found something that can replace the brilliant but environmentally unsustainable peat-based formulae. Had you been reading about ...

More and more of us are turning to peat-free compost for our gardening needs. As gardeners, it’s likely we’ve all used soil medium or soilless seed starting medium that contains peat moss.

Take a look at eight different types of potting soil mixes that will help you support the growth of your potted plants at ...

Ever wondered whether you could grow a citrus tree from a pip, or revitalise a shop-bought pot of herbs, or if slugs will ...

UK retailer Sainsbury’s has launched peat-free mushrooms, which it claims is a first among supermarkets in the country.

British retailer Sainsbury’s has become the ‘first UK supermarket’ to launch conventional mushrooms that have been grown ...

The change in mushroom production has been developed in partnership with supplier Monaghan, and will reduce peat usage by ...