Sally Nex
@sallynex.bsky.social
Gardener, food grower, author and dog lover in Somerset, south-west UK. Peat-free advocate for the Peat-free Partnership hosted by @plantlife also professional gardener, online tutor with Learning with Experts, lecturer. All views my own
Sorry just realised - i meant milling of course (must put on glasses when commenting 😁)
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Sorry just realised - i meant milling of course (must put on glasses when commenting 😁)
This is mikking - extraction technique, it can make the peat look rather like soil I.e. paler but I promise it is definitely peat 😉
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is mikking - extraction technique, it can make the peat look rather like soil I.e. paler but I promise it is definitely peat 😉
This may help? pebblemag.com/peat-free-co... you can also make your own potting mixes at home, it's not difficult and is zero plastic as well as zero peat, also nearly free 😊
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October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This may help? pebblemag.com/peat-free-co... you can also make your own potting mixes at home, it's not difficult and is zero plastic as well as zero peat, also nearly free 😊
Love Hodmedods 💚 the peaty bits of East Anglia shouldn't need watering - they have been artificially drained for agriculture. Rewetting them returns them to their normal wetland state - no watering required. As intact peatlands hold water so well, they're beneficial to surrounding soils too 😊
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Love Hodmedods 💚 the peaty bits of East Anglia shouldn't need watering - they have been artificially drained for agriculture. Rewetting them returns them to their normal wetland state - no watering required. As intact peatlands hold water so well, they're beneficial to surrounding soils too 😊
This is true... though the way things are going who knows in a few decades time. I like that they're experimenting with actual edibles for paludiculture as well as biofuel/willow and compost ingredients (farmed sphagnum) tho
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is true... though the way things are going who knows in a few decades time. I like that they're experimenting with actual edibles for paludiculture as well as biofuel/willow and compost ingredients (farmed sphagnum) tho
Oh amazing thank you! So it is a fairy ring then 😍 love that 💚
September 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Oh amazing thank you! So it is a fairy ring then 😍 love that 💚