A bit of give and take on the peat debate wouldn’t go amiss

WELL Dr Blewett, your disparaging remarks are ignored, not worthy of a response, however, I think it’s time that you realised not everyone has your steadfast ideologies, you talk of leaving things for future generations.

Great Britain has reduced its carbon footprint enormously over the last 20 years, now less than

1 per cent of global CO2. Then we read in the media that India, China and Germany are building coal-fired power stations at the rate of one per week, in Germany’s case they will burn the filthiest of coal, not a good sign.

As reported in the Yorkshire Post last Saturday, large areas of Saddleworth Moor are to be planted with trees, this will of course mean draining the peat bog which is very deep in places. In a separate report in the Times of March 20, DEFRA are seriously considering stopping mushroom production in this country, as they are grown in peat. Plenty of double standards there.

A little give and take from both sides of the argument wouldn’t go amiss. Peat in seed, potting and ericaceous composts would be a start. The total peat ban is so unnecessary. Gardening magazines of today only report one side of the story, thereby rendering debate obsolete, we cannot all think the same because the information is not all the same.

The green lobby are intent on destroying our great countryside, 30by30, taking 30 per cent of productive farmland out of production to plant wild flowers beggars belief, most arable fields already have a three-metre wild flower strip. We should be promoting our farmers to grow as much as possible and export any excess, not become wild flower guardians.