Peat Bog

ringdingdong

Wasn't 100% sure on where to put this. I'm looking to buy peat - but not for heating/dried up. I'm looking for the sludgy stuff. I'm not sure what it's called or where to look. When I contact some people on donedeal who are selling pete - they don't seem to know or get what I'm asking. Am I crazy?!!?

I'm looking to strain all the bits out of it and send it off to my Aunt abroad. She used to use the stuff as a kid as a facemask and soften up here eczema. So as a present for xmas - that is my plan. I don't mind having to buy a load of it - as I know it will be used!

Thanks - and sorry in advance if this is the wrong section.

Bizzum

ringdingdong wrote: »

Wasn't 100% sure on where to put this. I'm looking to buy peat - but not for heating/dried up. I'm looking for the sludgy stuff. I'm not sure what it's called or where to look. When I contact some people on donedeal who are selling pete - they don't seem to know or get what I'm asking. Am I crazy?!!?

I'm looking to strain all the bits out of it and send it off to my Aunt abroad. She used to use the stuff as a kid as a facemask and soften up here eczema. So as a present for xmas - that is my plan. I don't mind having to buy a load of it - as I know it will be used!

Thanks - and sorry in advance if this is the wrong section.

John Kenny (former Offaly footballer) is involved in a product made of peat. Check it out

http://www.ograskincare.com/products-page/body-care/peat-face-and-body-mask/

I often came off the bog looking like I was wearing a "Peat face and body mask" . It aint too cheap I see.
Maybe send your aunt a sod of turf and tell her to soak it in water before she applies it :-)

Sam Kade

Is your aunt still suffering from eczema

ringdingdong

Jeez, never even thought you could actually buy it like that! 40 euro for 50ml?! I'm pretty sure we paid 130/tonne for dried peat a few years back. I guess if I can't find the stuff in bulk, that's the way to go

No she doesn't suffer from it anymore but her kids do. So this was going to be a bit of a nostalgia gift, as she always goes on about it.

reilig

200 litres of peat in the local hardware for 7 euro yesterday. You'd make a lot of face masks with 200 l

ringdingdong

reilig wrote: »

200 litres of peat in the local hardware for 7 euro yesterday. You'd make a lot of face masks with 200 l

Hey reilig, dare I ask where this hardware store is? 7 euro for 200l is a lot less than I had planned for.

Sam Kade

ringdingdong wrote: »

Hey reilig, dare I ask where this hardware store is? 7 euro for 200l is a lot less than I had planned for.

That's moss peat

moy83

Where are you based ringdingdong ? Could you not get a bucket or bowl of it from a neighbour out of a bog or drain ?

Sharpshooter82

Always a few hundred tonnes of it piled up on the edge of the road near miltownpass

reilig

Sam Kade wrote: »

That's moss peat

No, it's bagged bog mud. Bagged in Westmeath.
Hardware was topline in Mullingar!

stoeger

ringdingdong wrote: »

Wasn't 100% sure on where to put this. I'm looking to buy peat - but not for heating/dried up. I'm looking for the sludgy stuff. I'm not sure what it's called or where to look. When I contact some people on donedeal who are selling pete - they don't seem to know or get what I'm asking. Am I crazy?!!?

I'm looking to strain all the bits out of it and send it off to my Aunt abroad. She used to use the stuff as a kid as a facemask and soften up here eczema. So as a present for xmas - that is my plan. I don't mind having to buy a load of it - as I know it will be used!

Thanks - and sorry in advance if this is the wrong section.

What part of the country and you in

stoeger

ringdingdong wrote: »

Wasn't 100% sure on where to put this. I'm looking to buy peat - but not for heating/dried up. I'm looking for the sludgy stuff. I'm not sure what it's called or where to look. When I contact some people on donedeal who are selling pete - they don't seem to know or get what I'm asking. Am I crazy?!!?

I'm looking to strain all the bits out of it and send it off to my Aunt abroad. She used to use the stuff as a kid as a facemask and soften up here eczema. So as a present for xmas - that is my plan. I don't mind having to buy a load of it - as I know it will be used!

Thanks - and sorry in advance if this is the wrong section.

What part of the country and you in

ringdingdong

Based in Dublin-but wouldn't mind travelling a bit for it. So if I called up a place - do i ask for Bog Mud?

Thanks for all the replies so far, very much appreciated.

Sam Kade

reilig wrote: »

No, it's bagged bog mud. Bagged in Westmeath.
Hardware was topline in Mullingar!

What do people use that for other than face masks?

Damo810

Sam Kade wrote: »

What do people use that for other than face masks?

Ssh, maybe it'll catch on and all of us farming bog in the west will make a fortune :rolleyes:

reilig

Sam Kade wrote: »

What do people use that for other than face masks?

I'm not 100% sure on their markets, but I think a lot of it goes to mushroom production.

monseiur

Hi
Assuming that you're serious OP.& based in Dublin, why not take a drive up the Wicklow mountains armed with a spade and some plastic containers / buckets. Remove the top 300mm layer off approx. 1 square meter off the bog to get to the peat, cut this in small portions and fill into containers Job done. To make a paste suitable for face mask etc. just add water ! To keep peat moist store in a sealed conatiner or plastic bag with some water.
Paying for a tiny amount of peat in this form is just silly, like an Eskimo paying for a fistful of snow !

M.

ringdingdong

I think I'd be too worried about stealing to be honest. If I could atleast knock on someones door and explain it to them, then I'd feel a bit better about it. (Plus I wouldn't even know where to look - or what I'm looking for). It all looks like fields to me!

Sam Kade

monseiur wrote: »

Hi
Assuming that you're serious OP.& based in Dublin, why not take a drive up the Wicklow mountains armed with a spade and some plastic containers / buckets. Remove the top 300mm layer off approx. 1 square meter off the bog to get to the peat, cut this in small portions and fill into containers Job done. To make a paste suitable for face mask etc. just add water ! To keep peat moist store in a sealed conatiner or plastic bag with some water.
Paying for a tiny amount of peat in this form is just silly, like an Eskimo paying for a fistful of snow !

M.

I see potted heather for sale at the local flower show €8-10/pot, 10 miles away there are acres of heather free to take away:)

monseiur

ringdingdong wrote: »

I think I'd be too worried about stealing to be honest. If I could atleast knock on someones door and explain it to them, then I'd feel a bit better about it. (Plus I wouldn't even know where to look - or what I'm looking for). It all looks like fields to me!

Hi,
I'm not suggesting that you break the law.......If you helped yourself to a gallon of Dublin bay sea water, would you consider that stealing ?:D
After removing the peat just put back the top layer again and it will grow back. The bog regenerates itself over time.

M.