Peat or coir? That could become one of those defining questions, like "Paper or plastic?" Or (in New Mexico), "Red or green?" Peat is familiar to gardeners, compressed into small melt-in-your-ground ...

Question for Dan Gill: I bought some okra transplants in large peat pots for three dollars each. The plants are about eight inches tall. There are about five plants in some of the pots, and I would ...

I know you hate peat moss, but would peat pots be good to use when starting seeds? Or do you have other suggestions? L.A., Denton I prefer using a good potting soil and planting in plastic propagation ...

Generations of gardeners have relied on peat to ensure their back-breaking work delivered blooms and produce of the finest quality. Many feared their gardens would suffer following moves by the ...

Adele has worked in gardening for 25 years. She grows a wide range of plants at the Which? Gardening trial grounds and is our compost expert. A pot full to the brim with bright, cheerful flowers is a ...

I have had a wonderful time over the years propagating plants of various kinds. It gives me so much pleasure to take a leaf, a seed or a branch and watch it grow into a replica of the original plant.

Venturing into the soil amendment war zone is dangerous. Everyone who has mixed or enriched garden soil has an opinion about what works, what doesn't, and why. It's not like slug remedies, for ...