Monty Don, 66, has been passionately campaigning to rule out the use of peat in compost for years, describing using it in your garden as an act of "eco-vandalism".
Peat is an organic fuel consisting of spongy material formed by the partial decomposition of organic matter, but Monty has pointed out that it is being extracted for horticultural use quicker than it can reform.He previously revealed that we are using peat "at around 200 times the speed that it can reform and over 95% of British peat bogs".These are essential for a whole range of birds and plants and have been lost this century."It cannot ever be justified," Monty warned.So, after an open letter was drafted and signed by 33 industry leaders claiming that the use of peat is.
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