Pete Moss usage

I have some sphagnum pete moss that a friend of mine dropped off. My garden is three years old and All I have ever done is the normal watering and feeding via Miracle Grow. Before I put down the new Mulch for the year, should I be mixing Pete into my dirt or anything else for the season.....It is a garden consisting of mostly Perennials for Butterflys. This is the first year that I am actually putting a lot more time and thought into growing it into a truly attractive garden for years to come......

Thanks for any help in advance

You could mix in your peat moss with your mulch and top layer your garden with it. If you have a compost pile you could add the peat to that. I use peat moss pretty thickly to line hanging baskets.

Good luck with your garden. Sounds like you've really got the bug now! ;)

Thanks so much.....And "The Bug" would be an understatement....hahaha I absolutely love it and am already thinking about what I can do to plan for next year.

Is Pete moss considered a fertilizer? And adding it to the mulch would be in fact feeding the plants? I did mix it in with some of the more' sticky dirt is what I will call it, when I was transplanting some Lilly of the Valley that a Lady had dropped off. The dirt just seemed clumpy and somewhat gray.....so I added some of the Pete into it and mixed it before I put it back in the bed around the plants.
I don't know much about soil except the texture of good black soil, so I equate everything according to the one thing I do know....

Was mixing it in to the transplants ok?

We have clay-ish soil in my yard, and I mix in a good amount of peat every time I dig a hole for something. It helps break up the soil, and helps hold water. I wouldn't call it a fertilizer, though.

Yes mixing it in with your transplants was a 'good thing'. I also use the peat to spread around the soil of my potted plants. Makes them look a little more attractive. It's good stuff. Use it anywhere.

Thanks folks

The place I have in mind for my sweet potatoes is clay and kind of clotted. Would tilling in peat moss help with this? What about mixing it in the holes when I plant my sweet potatoes? Last year my sweet potatoes were plantes with some sand but they still curled and looked as though the soil was too hard to push through. Thanks for help!

Generally, don't mix clay and sand- it turns in to brick. If you need to break up the clay, go to a feed and grain store and buy some chicken grit- it is really fine gravel/granite, but not nearly as fine as sand. At least, that's what I learned in hort. class!
Jillann
(alternately, add in some organic matter/compost to your clay)