When it comes to gardening or soil health, both peat and peat moss are excellent tools for improving soil structure and moisture retention, often touted as a natural solution that will help your ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If that wasn’t terrifying enough, peat fires can release 100 times the carbon ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Thank peat for that scotchy flavor of Scotch whisky: The muck forms in Scotland’s bogs, when layer after layer of dead vegetation resists decay and compresses into fuel, which is burned during scotch ...

Between macro- and micro-, the Goldilocks scale for controlling an experiment while still using real-world systems. (see also: peat bog in a box.) × Dirty hands. Trace gases. Ericaceae. The life of a ...

The harvesting of peat moss used by gardeners and the nursery industry to improve drainage and retain water in soil contributes to climate change, according to an Oregon State University Extension ...