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

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 ...