{"id":370,"date":"2012-03-09T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/irish-peat-storage"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:28","slug":"irish-peat-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/09\/irish-peat-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bogs of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This handmade flyer arrived in our mail box today. Since winter is winding down, the price has been reduced by a euro…..<\/p>\n

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While a small percentage of people still burn what is commonly called turf over here, \u00a0to heat their homes any more, here is a pile of peat (turf), the produce of the bog lands that make up 1\/6 of the Irish island, in a barn…….<\/div>\n
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Interestingly, bogs are a man made phenomenon that began many thousands of years ago when the forests that once covered Ireland were cut down for shelter, warmth and mostly for farming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This handmade flyer arrived in our mail box today. Since winter is winding down, the price has been reduced by a euro….. 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