footing turf

winter soldier

I don't know if there is a thread on this subject but I just have to say that I do love to be out on the bog lifting turf. I am sore and sunburnt from being out there today lifting a few skips and I think it does any man or woman the power of good to get out there on the bog and chip away at it for a few hours. does anyone else have the same views or opinions on this like I do?

sheebadog

winter soldier wrote: »

I don't know if there is a thread on this subject but I just have to say that I do love to be out on the bog lifting turf. I am sore and sunburnt from being out there today lifting a few skips and I think it does any man or woman the power of good to get out there on the bog and chip away at it for a few hours. does anyone else have the same views or opinions on this like I do?

Not for me. I hate midge.

Farrell

winter soldier wrote: »

I don't know if there is a thread on this subject but I just have to say that I do love to be out on the bog lifting turf. I am sore and sunburnt from being out there today lifting a few skips and I think it does any man or woman the power of good to get out there on the bog and chip away at it for a few hours. does anyone else have the same views or opinions on this like I do?

Maybe not just bog, even hay. Outdoor exercise is great for lungs & shape. Also a sense of feel good & achievement when you can look at totally completed job

sea12

winter soldier wrote: »

I don't know if there is a thread on this subject but I just have to say that I do love to be out on the bog lifting turf. I am sore and sunburnt from being out there today lifting a few skips and I think it does any man or woman the power of good to get out there on the bog and chip away at it for a few hours. does anyone else have the same views or opinions on this like I do?

Yep I always enjoy it too. Wife absolut hates it though

Sam Kade

winter soldier wrote: »

I don't know if there is a thread on this subject but I just have to say that I do love to be out on the bog lifting turf. I am sore and sunburnt from being out there today lifting a few skips and I think it does any man or woman the power of good to get out there on the bog and chip away at it for a few hours. does anyone else have the same views or opinions on this like I do?

A few hours you say I often spent days at turf when I was younger. Why didn't you use sun cream or hat and long sleeved shirt?

winter soldier

Sam Kade wrote: »

A few hours you say I often spent days at turf when I was younger. Why didn't you use sun cream or hat and long sleeved shirt?

days at it? must be a slow worker!!

newmug

Love it too. Used to hate it as a kid, spent entire summer hols doing our turf, then relatives, then neighbours etc.

winter soldier

Farrell wrote: »

Maybe not just bog, even hay. Outdoor exercise is great for lungs & shape. Also a sense of feel good & achievement when you can look at totally completed job

totally agree. nothing beats that feeling.

winter soldier

newmug wrote: »

Love it too. Used to hate it as a kid, spent entire summer hols doing our turf, then relatives, then neighbours etc.

same here. did our turf, granny and granddads, then helped the neighbour with his turf too. hated it then, love it now.

Sam Kade

winter soldier wrote: »

days at it? must be a slow worker!!

Cutting by hand and spreading then footing, young fellas nowadays are spoilt

winter soldier

Sam Kade wrote: »

Cutting by hand and spreading then footing, young fellas nowadays are spoilt

did ya ever make mud turf? my mother god rest her often told me stories about making mud turf when she was younger.

Sam Kade

winter soldier wrote: »

did ya ever make mud turf? my mother god rest her often told me stories about making mud turf when she was younger.

Never heard of it. We used to cut with a hay knife and spread with a hay pike (fork, grape to people up the country ) That bog is planted now we used to cut as much turf that we wanted for £5 a year and that was back in the early 80's.

Base price

winter soldier wrote: »

did ya ever make mud turf? my mother god rest her often told me stories about making mud turf when she was younger.

I remember my grandparents and my mam talking about it. I saw it been made at a ploughing competition years ago. A few auld lads were stepping through it in bare feet. Suppose to burn much hotter than normal turf.

Oldtree

A very sought after turf down this way was called "Stone Turf", more grey in colour I understand.