Looking south to Diamond Hill. Bienvenido compadres.
Commercial-scale turf cutting. Peat bricks set out to season before being hauled to market. Most are pressed into rock hard bricks, sold, then burnt in the fireplace.
A grown-over dig. Bog bursts are a problem here. Blankets of peat that cover the earth help hold the ground together, protecting it from lateral slides. When the peat is removed, especially on sloping bogs, its stabilizing function is removed, and the subsoil is let loose, clogging streams and burying valuable topsoil.
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