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61. The levees caused the areas between to be very subject to flooding and consequently peat formation was further favoured.

62. Relatively little of the peat fens had been reclaimed in medieval times.

63. Most of Lewis is acid peat bog, and much of Harris bare rock.

64. Much of this is threatened, principally by peat extraction for use as compost in gardening and horticulture.

65. He has switched to growing them in coconut peat, however, and early results look promising, he says.

66. His body was wheeled off in a peat barrow and cremated in the local brick kiln.

67. Peat remains a vital island fuel but little if any is exported and there is no industrial use such as whisky distilling.

68. He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years.

69. Eventually, we arrived at a small, damp valley, peat and heather-filled, where insects hummed in the still air.

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70. The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs.

71. On Romney Marsh, silting of river mouths was worsened by the problem of peat shrinkage.

72. Instead they form squelchy peat, which gradually builds up on the surface.

73. The mixture should consist of a layer of coarse sand, with a thin layer of peat and clay immediately below it.

74. How much has the peat shrunk, as shown in the block diagram?

75. As the peat shrank, the critical outfall of the river Ouse into the North Sea inevitably began to silt up.

76. More than half buy no peat at all and six county councils have set up schemes to produce peat-free compost.

77. However, if cracks do appear, you should try brushing a mixture of peat or compost and coarse sand into them.

78. To commemorate the move, the accountancy firm, Peat Marwick, has produced a booklet of budget trivia.

79. Cultivation: The planting medium should consist of clay, peat, loam or leaf mould and a good layer of sand.

80. As discussed in the introduction such deposits are difficult to locate because of extensive peat cover in the lowlands.

81. Plant this shrub in an open position and mulch with peat or leaf mould.

82. Nobody was hurt but the thatched roof, and a quantity of hay and peat were destroyed.

83. On the peat of Chat Moss near Manchester celery is a special crop.

84. The deal has angered environmentalists, who want a complete ban on peat extraction.

85. There were ceilidhs round the peat fires and on the fine days we explored the moors and sea cliffs.

86. Such inadequacies were made far worse by something which Vermuyden could not have foreseen: peat shrinkage.

87. Peat bogs, nearly all of which occur in northern latitudes. are some of the most important environments for wetland archaeology.

88. Avoid amendments that include peat moss, which is naturally acidic.

89. That was a time for peat fires and firelit talk, with the wind a symphony to set stories to.

90. Soak drills beforehand and cover the seeds with moist peat or old potting compost in dry weather.