e gardeners have had a long love affair with peat. Now that there is a likely ban on its use in horticulture on the horizon, there has been an urgent shift in the industry towards all things peat-free. For us, this means changing how we use compost and finding ways to make it work for us amid so much choice and variation. Moreover, it takes time to get a good recipe for peat-free compost. The surge in demand resulted in some poorer-quality products being brought to the market before they had time to be adequately tested and refined. This led to peat-free composts in general getting a bit of
