According to legendary gardener the late Geoff Hamilton, 'gardeners buy peat because of brain conditioning not soil conditioning!. Indeed, prior to the 1960s, its use wasn't common, as the green-fingered relied on other types of soil improver, such as home-made compost But as the boom in home horticulture began, peat-based products became the norm -and now many of us find it difficult to imagine not using it in the garden.
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