For peat’s sake: Take a look at the alternatives can gardeners use

What alternatives to peat can gardeners use? Hannah Stephenson finds out

A charity is calling for a complete ban on the use of peat in horticulture, declaring a man-made emergency which it claims will take 1,000 years to rectify. Organic growing charity Garden Organic has launched its ‘For Peat’s Sake’ campaign in an effort to push the issue to the top of the political agenda.