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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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We harvest peat moss from peat bogs located in western, central and eastern Canada.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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The peat moss industry generates at least 1 000 direct jobs during the production period out of which about 150 persons have full time employment throughout the year.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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The peat moss is placed (after boiling and cooling) in a container with a tight fitting lid and the eggs are taken off the mop and placed on the surface of the peat moss.
Jiffy pots are made of compressed peat moss and can be planted right into moist soil where they decompose and allow the passage of the root system through their walls.
The peat moss is best boiled and rinsed then placed in a box filter between layers of filter wool.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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Peat moss is also an excellent visual aid to proper watering: When it is wet, peat moss is dark brown and as it dries it becomes a noticeably lighter shade of brown.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Peat is acidic, decayed vegetation made up of bog plants such as sphagnum moss, heather, sedges and grasses, depending on the bog’s location.
Cocopeat is a proven natural alternative to mined peat moss, therefore using it helps slow down peat extraction from environmentally sensitive swamps worldwide.
The peat is rich in the remains of Bog Moss, Seer Sedge and bog Cotton, together with the woody parts of heathers.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Sphagnum moss is often sold as peat but it has not actually undergone the acidic decomposition process and leaching of nutrients that true bog peats have.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Peat moss is a natural resource created by the decomposition of organic matter (trees and plants) un.
Although peat moss does not contain nutrients, it does help retain nutrients from fertilizers by storing them and gradually dispersing them throughout the soil.
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