tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782999608211819406.post6952032924093907224..comments2023-10-04T11:17:54.422-05:00Comments on We Don't Buy It : There's a Book for EverybodyLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151628332074616618noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782999608211819406.post-17494405535789169892009-06-19T13:51:20.505-05:002009-06-19T13:51:20.505-05:00You might reconsider using peat. It's a non-r...You might reconsider using peat. It's a non-renewable resource with a big carbon footprint. 80% or so of the peat bogs in Great Britain are gone. The peat in soil amendments in the USA now comes from Canada, I believe. The IMCG -- Internat'l Mire Conservation Group -- has a very informative website here: http://www.imcg.net/ There's also a page on their site called 'Peat Alternatives.'<br /><br />For my garden boxes I used a blend of peatless (is that a word?!) organic planting mix along with some of my own compost.<br /><br />And since this post is about books, a couple favorite edible gardening books of mine are Gaia's Garden (Toby Hemenway) and Lasagna Gardening (Patricia Lanza). She also recommends peat in the soil mix but I like all the rest of her advice! <br /><br />Whatever you decide, homegrown fruit and veggies are the best.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736113984873666007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782999608211819406.post-14658546749451136772009-06-19T12:35:58.109-05:002009-06-19T12:35:58.109-05:00Sue, that's disappointing. Can you e-mail me ...Sue, that's disappointing. Can you e-mail me where you got the vermiculite? I'd rather get it locally than have it shipped across the country so I can have my organic garden--ironic...<br /><br />How's your lettuce pot doing?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151628332074616618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782999608211819406.post-1687118197138512402009-06-19T11:56:00.793-05:002009-06-19T11:56:00.793-05:00We found huge bags of vermiculite at a home brewin...We found huge bags of vermiculite at a home brewing place in Roselle last year. We tried the square foot gardening - without good results. We may have had too much of something (I'm guessing the peat?) or not enough sun where we are. I also think we bought the wrong kind of vermiculite (I forgot how it was categorized... coarse, medium, fine maybe?) We were going to try again this year, but have a new problem, so we haven't gotten very far. I have a lettuce plant in a pot, though.Suenoreply@blogger.com