Episode 254: an update on peat-free houseplants

On The Ledge

Jane Perrone

Houseplants, Leisure, Gardening, Home & Garden, Plants

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

I talk to the founders of Geb & Green, a new firm offering peat-free houseplants by mail order in the UK, and get an update on the campaign to end the use of peat in horticulture.

For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/peat-free-houseplants

Check out the rest of my sustainability series of podcast episodes here. Patreon subscribers at the Ledge End and Superfan tier can hear an extended interview on peat-free with Sally Morgan in An Extra Leaf 106 - scroll down for details on how to become a Patreon subscriber.

Transcript

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0:00.0	So you like house plants, do you?
0:17.8	I see.
0:18.7	Well, you've come to the right place. This is on the ledge podcast and I'm Jane Perrone.
0:28.7	In this week's show, I'm giving you an update on all things peep free, including an interview with new UK peat-free house plant provider,
0:40.7	Geb and Green. If your name is Emily and you are a patron of On the Ledge and you did not
0:50.2	receive your December mail-out card despite being a signed-up member and having given your
0:57.2	address. You need to give me a shout. I know there's somebody called Emily, whose card got
1:01.7	returned to me, but there are literally loads of Emmys who are patrons. So I need to check
1:09.2	which Emily it is who hasn't got their card. So, Emily,
1:12.8	have you got your card? If not, please give me a shout. And I will try to send you another one.
1:20.0	From that very specific shout out to another more general shout out to everybody in the LGBTQIA community. I want to hear from you. If you heard last
1:31.4	week's show, you'll know I'm doing a special episode at the end of February asking people,
1:36.6	what do house plants mean to you? Thanks to everyone who's already submitted theirs, but please,
1:42.1	please do record something or tap out a few notes
1:45.0	in an email to me telling me what house plants mean to you to celebrate LGBTQIA plus
1:52.9	history month. And thank you to Fiona who became a crazy plant person this month. That most generous
2:00.0	of people who just wants to throw down a dollar or a pound
2:04.7	on their favourite podcast for no return whatsoever. Thank you Fiona. And if you want to join her,
2:10.8	details of Patreon and all the other ways of supporting On the ledge are in the show notes.
2:17.3	It was back in July 2019 that I first talked about Pete on On the Ledge.
2:24.5	Well, the first time I devoted a whole show to it, I'm sure I had mentioned it before that.
2:30.2	But this was part of my sustainability series, but that was several years ago now.
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