Dear Bill, this reminds me of our first holiday in Ireland in 1995. We did a bog tour with a small bog train. Unfortunately, cutting out peat soil is not good for nature - valuable habitat disappears and CO2 is released. But I think if a hard winter comes with lack of gas, bog will be one of the tools for the people of Ireland... All the best from Austria, Traude https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/07/mallorca-reisebericht-teil-2-tag-4-bis.html
A fine photo, Bill. And here a few lines from the wonderful Seamus Heaney:
My grandfather could cut more turf in a day Than any other man on Toner's bog. Once I carried him milk in a bottle Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up To drink it, then fell to right away Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods Over his shoulder, digging down and down For the good turf. Digging. The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap Of soggy neat the curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head. But I've no spade to follow men like them*. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. I am digging.
Gostei de ver! Este ano, há que saber ultrapassar o Inverno com as melhores soluções energéticas... e que sejam o menos danosas possível para o ambiente, já que muitas centrais a carvão serão reativadas, na Europa, segundo me parece... Um grande abraço! Ana
Interesting. Never seen that here. Though we have a "Torfhaus" some 60 km from here (if it still exists).
ReplyDeleteI hope that peat extraction is no longer praticed.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDescriptive photo.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
...uniquely Irish.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting, all the green looks pretty. Take care, have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThat's nice
ReplyDeleteLovely shot! Very interesting to know, too!
ReplyDeleteSomething that just doesn't happen on this side of the Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteThis is land I know well!
ReplyDeleteMuito interessante. Gostei.
ReplyDeleteÉ a primeira vez que venho, Bill. Abraço
Beautiful 😍 I love it
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How interesting.
ReplyDeleteNever seen that.
ReplyDeleteDear Bill,
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of our first holiday in Ireland in 1995. We did a bog tour with a small bog train. Unfortunately, cutting out peat soil is not good for nature - valuable habitat disappears and CO2 is released. But I think if a hard winter comes with lack of gas, bog will be one of the tools for the people of Ireland...
All the best from Austria, Traude
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it is new for me....
ReplyDeleteinteresting
No había visto nada igual.
ReplyDeleteUma bela paisagem, mas é algo que não sabia!
ReplyDeleteAmigo Bill
Um abraço
I thought the use of peat was being discouraged.
ReplyDeleteIt looks very much like where we live now on the west coast of NZ's south island, everything here over winter is mushy and boggy too
ReplyDeleteYup! Made me giggle as bog means toilet too!!
ReplyDeleteWee visited a peat farm when we were in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteA fine photo, Bill.
ReplyDeleteAnd here a few lines from the wonderful Seamus Heaney:
My grandfather could cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily with paper.
He straightened up
To drink it, then fell to right away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, digging down and down
For the good turf. Digging.
The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap
Of soggy neat the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I've no spade to follow men like them*.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I am digging.
*His father and grandfather.
A nice and different capture ...
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
THAT'S A GREAT PLACE
ReplyDeleteInteresting I've never seen anything like it.
ReplyDeleteBello paisaje te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteLush greenery
ReplyDeleteOnly in Ireland did I ever smell burning peat, a fuel of ages past.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see.
ReplyDeleteGostei.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Beautiful nature shot!
ReplyDeleteHi Bill.
ReplyDeleteVery old technique of drying and cutting peat.
Greetings from Patricia.
An interesting process.
ReplyDeleteI love all this green landscape.
Praying you're OK, Bill.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Even the bog is beautiful in your world.
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool Bill! ☺
ReplyDeleteoK...Are you alright?? Why is Victor worried??
ReplyDeleteAnd a cool shot...I've of course read about this but never seen an actual photo of it...hughugs Donna
Happy weekend wishes.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
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For a minute, I thought these were the result of collapse of a mine shaft. It is a specialty of cultural practice I guess.
ReplyDeleteDid not know that. Cool.
ReplyDeleteThis has always fascinated me. Great pic.
ReplyDeleteGostei de ver! Este ano, há que saber ultrapassar o Inverno com as melhores soluções energéticas... e que sejam o menos danosas possível para o ambiente, já que muitas centrais a carvão serão reativadas, na Europa, segundo me parece...
ReplyDeleteUm grande abraço!
Ana
It can be dangerous at night..
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