Sally Nex
@sallynex.bsky.social
Gardener, food grower, author and dog lover in Somerset, south-west UK. Peat-free advocate for the Peat-free Partnership hosted by @plantlife also professional gardener, online tutor with Learning with Experts, lecturer. All views my own
Fab time at RHS #Peat-free conference @ Wisley yesterday. Take-homes:
1) peat-free needs no extra feed
2) but match feed to compost - eg coir = low N high K so feed compost tea but not tomato food
3) we need legislation asap!
Agree? Sign here today: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
1) peat-free needs no extra feed
2) but match feed to compost - eg coir = low N high K so feed compost tea but not tomato food
3) we need legislation asap!
Agree? Sign here today: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fab time at RHS #Peat-free conference @ Wisley yesterday. Take-homes:
1) peat-free needs no extra feed
2) but match feed to compost - eg coir = low N high K so feed compost tea but not tomato food
3) we need legislation asap!
Agree? Sign here today: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
1) peat-free needs no extra feed
2) but match feed to compost - eg coir = low N high K so feed compost tea but not tomato food
3) we need legislation asap!
Agree? Sign here today: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
Great #BBC #Countryfile ep on #Somerset Levels peatlands. The restoration is fab - but there's active #peat extraction 4 #horticulture just out of shot. To end it - sign our petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mrdv/countryfile-somerset-levels
Countryfile - Somerset Levels
Anita Rani and Joe Crowley are in the Somerset Levels, where autumn brings a time of transition – a chance to restore the landscape and prepare for winter.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great #BBC #Countryfile ep on #Somerset Levels peatlands. The restoration is fab - but there's active #peat extraction 4 #horticulture just out of shot. To end it - sign our petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mrdv/countryfile-somerset-levels
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I’ve been peat free for over 10 years, even when running a small herb nursery - we really need peat compost banned once and for all #peatfree
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I’ve been peat free for over 10 years, even when running a small herb nursery - we really need peat compost banned once and for all #peatfree
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Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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We must #EndPeatSales @peatfree.bsky.social
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell Government to protect them. Add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell Government to protect them. Add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We must #EndPeatSales @peatfree.bsky.social
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell Government to protect them. Add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell Government to protect them. Add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Care about #gardens?
Care about the #environment?
We need you to sign our petition to urge the government to stop delaying and act on ending #peat sales in horticulture actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Care about the #environment?
We need you to sign our petition to urge the government to stop delaying and act on ending #peat sales in horticulture actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Care about #gardens?
Care about the #environment?
We need you to sign our petition to urge the government to stop delaying and act on ending #peat sales in horticulture actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Care about the #environment?
We need you to sign our petition to urge the government to stop delaying and act on ending #peat sales in horticulture actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Please please add your name to the petition if you would like to see action from the government to legislate for an end to peat sales in #horticulture at last
Let's stand up for a #peatfree future #endpeatsales
@alysf.bsky.social
@davegoulson.bsky.social @jackwallington.com @huwrich.bsky.social
Let's stand up for a #peatfree future #endpeatsales
@alysf.bsky.social
@davegoulson.bsky.social @jackwallington.com @huwrich.bsky.social
We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Please please add your name to the petition if you would like to see action from the government to legislate for an end to peat sales in #horticulture at last
Let's stand up for a #peatfree future #endpeatsales
@alysf.bsky.social
@davegoulson.bsky.social @jackwallington.com @huwrich.bsky.social
Let's stand up for a #peatfree future #endpeatsales
@alysf.bsky.social
@davegoulson.bsky.social @jackwallington.com @huwrich.bsky.social
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More success!
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
More success!
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
So many #flowers still in bloom in my garden! This is such a pretty autumn this year 🧡 #gardening 🌱
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
So many #flowers still in bloom in my garden! This is such a pretty autumn this year 🧡 #gardening 🌱
These little guys are coming on nicely... just look at the roots on this one 😍 #broadbeans #peatfree #plasticfree #pesticidefree 🌱 #gardening
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
These little guys are coming on nicely... just look at the roots on this one 😍 #broadbeans #peatfree #plasticfree #pesticidefree 🌱 #gardening
Heaviest #crabapple crop we've ever had. This is "Laura", a very upright variety - the weight of the apples was bowing the branches to horizontal & I worried they might break. It's the wrong time but we decided to prune - now have heaps of crabs 😍 i feel the need to make jelly #nomnom 🌱 #gardening
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Heaviest #crabapple crop we've ever had. This is "Laura", a very upright variety - the weight of the apples was bowing the branches to horizontal & I worried they might break. It's the wrong time but we decided to prune - now have heaps of crabs 😍 i feel the need to make jelly #nomnom 🌱 #gardening
Still pickin'! Last of the tomatoes still ripening on the vine, watering sparingly (half can every other day) and greenhouse shut to trap sunshine & warmth. I think I'll hold out another couple of weeks before I clear the plants and turn remaining green toms into chutney 😋 #gardening 🌱
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Still pickin'! Last of the tomatoes still ripening on the vine, watering sparingly (half can every other day) and greenhouse shut to trap sunshine & warmth. I think I'll hold out another couple of weeks before I clear the plants and turn remaining green toms into chutney 😋 #gardening 🌱
Happy new year! 😂 first seedlings of the new gardening year on their way up - sowed these hardy broad beans a week or two ago (good old Aquadulce Claudia, never disappoints 💚) #peatfree, #plasticfree, #pesticidefree Looking forward to enjoying these next summer - love low impact food #gardening 🌱
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Happy new year! 😂 first seedlings of the new gardening year on their way up - sowed these hardy broad beans a week or two ago (good old Aquadulce Claudia, never disappoints 💚) #peatfree, #plasticfree, #pesticidefree Looking forward to enjoying these next summer - love low impact food #gardening 🌱
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If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens
Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter - only those in peatland grow in peat. Over the last ten years I have grown almost ever...
www.jackwallington.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
A glimpse of the future? At @peatfree.bsky.social we often talk of #paludiculture as a way to keep #peat in the ground while providing income for farmers on peaty soils. Now they've grown rice on rewetted peat in Cambridgeshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #endpeatsales 🌱 #gardening #climatechange
UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A glimpse of the future? At @peatfree.bsky.social we often talk of #paludiculture as a way to keep #peat in the ground while providing income for farmers on peaty soils. Now they've grown rice on rewetted peat in Cambridgeshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #endpeatsales 🌱 #gardening #climatechange
Anyone know what kind of shrooms these might be? Sprouting on the lawn in a garden i look after... they're in a rough circle so was wondering if it's a fairy ring? 🍄🍄🍄 #fungi 🌱 #gardening
September 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Anyone know what kind of shrooms these might be? Sprouting on the lawn in a garden i look after... they're in a rough circle so was wondering if it's a fairy ring? 🍄🍄🍄 #fungi 🌱 #gardening
Here's a lovely bit of peace and quiet amid all the madness... Lemon Queen perennial sunflowers are the best thing in my garden this time of year. Kudos to my daughter Ruby for filming & editing 🥰
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Here's a lovely bit of peace and quiet amid all the madness... Lemon Queen perennial sunflowers are the best thing in my garden this time of year. Kudos to my daughter Ruby for filming & editing 🥰
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The entire gardening industry is looking at Labour wondering when they will act - the legislation is agreed and waiting to be signed off! Over a year of inaction. Democracy shouldn’t be this hard.
Saddening to hear, but not surprising.
Vast areas of peatland destroyed since peat ban announced exactly 3 years ago | The Wildlife Trusts
It has been three years since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no sign of legislation to enact the ban.
www.wildlifetrusts.org
August 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The entire gardening industry is looking at Labour wondering when they will act - the legislation is agreed and waiting to be signed off! Over a year of inaction. Democracy shouldn’t be this hard.
Damson vodka made & brewing nicely 😄 recipe:
1kg damsons
500g sugar
1 litre vodka
...err, that's it 😋
Stab the damsons all over with a skewer, load into Kilner jars, add sugar pour over vodka & seal. Shake daily for 2 weeks then weekly for 2 months. Decant into bottles, enjoy #recipe #homegrownbooze
1kg damsons
500g sugar
1 litre vodka
...err, that's it 😋
Stab the damsons all over with a skewer, load into Kilner jars, add sugar pour over vodka & seal. Shake daily for 2 weeks then weekly for 2 months. Decant into bottles, enjoy #recipe #homegrownbooze
August 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Damson vodka made & brewing nicely 😄 recipe:
1kg damsons
500g sugar
1 litre vodka
...err, that's it 😋
Stab the damsons all over with a skewer, load into Kilner jars, add sugar pour over vodka & seal. Shake daily for 2 weeks then weekly for 2 months. Decant into bottles, enjoy #recipe #homegrownbooze
1kg damsons
500g sugar
1 litre vodka
...err, that's it 😋
Stab the damsons all over with a skewer, load into Kilner jars, add sugar pour over vodka & seal. Shake daily for 2 weeks then weekly for 2 months. Decant into bottles, enjoy #recipe #homegrownbooze
Well that's one approach to fencing 👀 as seen in a local woodland #treetorture
August 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Well that's one approach to fencing 👀 as seen in a local woodland #treetorture
Carnivorous plants are creepy 😱 this Venus flytrap had been so successful in the greenhouse it was studded with the dried husks of digested flies 🤢 we pulled them out with tweezers. Anyone know why they don't get rid of the carcasses by themselves? #dionaea #venusflytrap #gardening 🌱
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Carnivorous plants are creepy 😱 this Venus flytrap had been so successful in the greenhouse it was studded with the dried husks of digested flies 🤢 we pulled them out with tweezers. Anyone know why they don't get rid of the carcasses by themselves? #dionaea #venusflytrap #gardening 🌱
In the depths of winter two years ago I planted a bare root damson tree specifically so I could make damson vodka.
And now..... 😋 god I love gardening #nomnom #bringonthebooze #gardening 🌱 (recipe incoming at some point soon 😊)
And now..... 😋 god I love gardening #nomnom #bringonthebooze #gardening 🌱 (recipe incoming at some point soon 😊)
August 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
In the depths of winter two years ago I planted a bare root damson tree specifically so I could make damson vodka.
And now..... 😋 god I love gardening #nomnom #bringonthebooze #gardening 🌱 (recipe incoming at some point soon 😊)
And now..... 😋 god I love gardening #nomnom #bringonthebooze #gardening 🌱 (recipe incoming at some point soon 😊)
Black #tomatoes are my faves for rich, mouth watering flavour 🍅 it's sometimes difficult to know when to pick tho: green immature fruits turn black but wait a little longer and you'll find a tinge of red creeps in - once most of the fruit is red it's ripe 'n' ready 😋 #gardening 🌱 #vegetablegrowing
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Black #tomatoes are my faves for rich, mouth watering flavour 🍅 it's sometimes difficult to know when to pick tho: green immature fruits turn black but wait a little longer and you'll find a tinge of red creeps in - once most of the fruit is red it's ripe 'n' ready 😋 #gardening 🌱 #vegetablegrowing
Spending time with botanists is hilarious and inspirational in equal measures. Yesterday I spent hours covering around 300 metres, mostly on my knees, gazing in wonder at the most beautiful #wildflowers - all just a few centimetres tall. Normally I'd have marched past without noticing #stopandstare
August 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Spending time with botanists is hilarious and inspirational in equal measures. Yesterday I spent hours covering around 300 metres, mostly on my knees, gazing in wonder at the most beautiful #wildflowers - all just a few centimetres tall. Normally I'd have marched past without noticing #stopandstare