We are working to restore 300 hectares of
eroded peat, which is severely eroding.
Undrained, heavily
waterlogged peat
is up to 90 per cent water.
Peat bog, we have little evidence to go on.
The
cut-over peat
extends westward into the second area developed on the flatter lough fea platform.
The first inhabitants made their living
digging peat
out of the bogs.
Slightly more
acidic soil e.g. peat
based may be best.
Peat hags
onto more open ground where the going gets much easier underfoot.
Make a propagating compost from three parts
sphagnum moss peat
to one part perlite, sieved bark or acid sand.
The majority of
upland peat
is grazed, and as such come under the land that could be used to meet reduction targets.
Peat moss.
Blanket peat
forms in areas of high rainfall, often with low temperatures.
Store the eggs on
moist peat
at the required temperature.
Peat extraction, are grazed by cattle to retain their variety of wild flowers.
The succeeding unit consists of organic freshwater silt, grading upwards into
fen peat.
The moors for the future restoration work falls into three main areas: the establishment of moorland vegetation on
bare peat
damaged by fires.
Peat cutting
has extended around most of the bog.
They grow best in a 1:1 mixture of lime-free sharp sand and
moss peat.
Wet and dry heaths are associated with the
shallower peats.
Peat diggings, which were abandoned in the 14 th century.
Most of the reddish acid
bog peat
was removed, exposing older, black, base-rich fen peat underneath.
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