Peat moss is a totally organic product in the early spring garden. It improves the texture of the cool spring soil and helps ...

Soil blocking is an environmentally friendly method to prep seedlings. The technique has captured the attention of serious ...

Sphagnum moss prefers growing in moist tundra-type areas, and most of what gets used for gardening in the United States comes from peat bogs in northern Canada. As the sphagnum moss dies in these ...

And a hands-on technique for growing them, called "soil blocking ... demonstrating how to pack a mixture of peat moss, dirt, lime, perlite and other components into galvanized metal boxes ...

At a community garden center called Growing Hope in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Christopher Hallett is teaching a class on soil blocking, starting with the soil composition itself. HALLETT: Peat moss ...