Why I don't use peat moss and what I do use instead. Peat bogs are seen by some scientists to be as important and fragile as rainforests, and that’s where the concern lies about the use of peat moss by gardeners. Peat companies are destroying these fragile, unique and valuable bog ecosystems by removing the peat so we can grow flowers!?? New episodes weekly Join me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/HowToGrowAGarden ABOUT HOW TO GROW A GARDEN: Follow my journey to sustainable organic living as I attempts to grow most of my food all year long. SUBSCRIBE: subscribe for free by clicking this link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=howtogrowagarden WANT MORE: How to Grow A Garden has over 100 episodes on growing a sustainable garden. Visit or many play list for more specific garden related topics: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq4H-jGGfMPYRax-vyxbU7yNKvWppUcik LETS BE FRIENDS Let the chat continue! You can also join me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter where I often post insider fun stuff like photos and bloopers. Find me on Instagram @howtogrowagarden and share your garden pictures with me using the hashtag #howtograwagarden www.instagram.com/HowToGrowAGarden Want to see the bloopers and b-roll clips? You can find this on my Facebook fan page here: www.facebook.com/HowToGrowAGarden SOCIALMEDIA www.facebook.com/HowToGrowAGarden www.instagram.com/HowToGrowAGarden www.pinterest.com/ScarlettDamen www.twitter.com/ScarlettDamen A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON SCARLETT Scarlett is an artist, entrepreneur and a passionate gardener. Scarlett is also a mostly raw all vegan foodist who loves gourmet raw vegan strait from the garden cooking. For many years now she has been growing almost all of her food all year round. Scarlett's motto is grow what you eat and eat what you grow. Scarlett loves to share her knowledge about health, non-cooking and gardening with YouTube. She has two channels one How to grow a garden and the other BoTVGermany. (see link below) Scarlett's journey to health started in 2011 after putting all of her energy into building a successful business for more than a decade she had lost the one thing money can not buy -her health. Scarlett now lives in Europe with her husband Bo and their cats, house trained rabbits and hand raised pet chickens and ducks. Tags: #urbanchickens #urbanfarming #urbangardening #permaculture #backyard #backyardfarming #backyardchickens #organic #howtogrowagarden #grow #healthyliving #rawvegan #vegangardening veganliving #harvest #growfoodnotlawns #growyourown #growsomethinggreen #gardengirl #growfood #urbangrow #coops #chickenwhisperer #chickens #veganfarmer #hobbyfarming #homesteading #savethebees #growyourowngreens #urbanfarms #hobbyfarm #smallhobbyfarms #myurbangarden #gardenpassion #sustainablygrown #greenwashing #simpleliving #selfsufficiency #organicgardeners #homegrown, #permaculture #countrylife #selfsufficiency #organicgarden #organic #homemade #countryliving #meinschönesland #landlust #garten, #growing #growyourfood #DIYfood #wheredoesfoodcomefrom #howtoplant #startaseedling #seedlings #soil #gardening #homestead #backyardchickens #handmade #zerowasteliving #plasticfree #plasticfreegardening