'The Peat-Free Diet' explains exactly how to go about gardening without using any peat. There are any number of discussions about why we should or should not use peat in gardening, but the book doesn't preach - it simply explains how raise plants successfully without using peat, and how to overcome the problems you're likely to encounter if you're an experienced gardener trying to move away from using peat.

The ebook version of The Peat-Free Diet will be published shortly. If you'd like to be notified when the book is available, send a blank email to peatfreediet-announce+subscribe@googlegroups.com. I won't use your address for anything else :)

I blogged the book, publishing each section here as it was written. This gave me the opportunity to take into account your comments and ideas of what to cover as the book progressed.

Start reading The Peat-Free Diet:

• Preface
• Seed germination and dormancy
• Seed viability and germination testing
• Seed sowing basics
• Containers for peat-free seed sowing
• Peat-free seed composts
• Seedling development
• Seedling Problems and Solutions
• Pricking Out and Thinning Out
• Potting on and Hardening Off
• Potting Compost
• Container Culture
• Peat-free germination experiment
• Feeding plants in containers
• Watering plants in containers
• Container pests
• Reusing potting compost
• Soil Composition
• Soil Improvement
• Buying plants and growing mushrooms
• Ericaceous compost, seed bombs and carnivorous plants
• The Pantry, A-Z
• Biochar and Coffee Grounds
• Leaves, loam and pee