[Peter Finke]

O yes. That article by Matt Ford is very good indeed. The illustrations of every few sentences by a photograph are excellent. Some years ago we had a discussion among aquarists how to avoid the use of peat. And there are cheap and easy to collect natural things that allow to avoid the use of peat. Even the simple reduction of pH is possible by the use of phosphorus acid, for instance. If you use alder cones and leaves additionally for the humic substances you don’t need to buy that peat for gardneners or even (in the smallest of all packages) for aquarists.