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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> I just noticed an article containing a pretty logical indictment 
> against peat "mining" that might lead to an interesting discussion 
> here.  Here's the link.   
> http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/index.html 
> <http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/%7ELinda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/index.html>


That's a link to the index (the peat moss article was first published in 
2006), of course. FYI, here's the direct link:

http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/Myths/Horticultural%20%20peat.pdf

or

http://tinyurl.com/yfmh5ol

That's a fascinating site in general, though. It's always hard to know 
what to believe on the Internet, since pseudoscience of all kinds is far 
too common. She tries to make things a little more scientific, and 
provides resources for more investigation in the "Literature" link 
alongside each title in the index (and often links within an article, too).

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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