Question...Peat Moss

In this romance novel I was reading through out it ..it takes place in Ireland....they are constantly popping

peat moss in the fireplace for an small fire and tossing wood on it for an longer fire if needed...and when

I think of this material over here...it's sold in large bales...and is quite fine.. used primarily for gardens in

the Spring to start them growing. I've never thought of using it as fire material....how is peat moss over

there handled as an fireplace additive to heat? Is it natural right off the trees or bogs or what.... Is it burned

in an conatiner within the firebox area...or was this just an romantic book and this sounded nice.

Hi Shirley:  No, they actually use peat in Ireland and harvest it, in little brick shaped pieces, from bogs.  They stack it like firewood and dry it out for burning later in the season.

peat is a kind of fuel shirley -but most parts of lancashire has peat -bogs it is used more now up north for garden compost.

most of the scotch whisky is made from water which has run through peat seams   hic    hic 

I remember Peat Moss, didn't he have a brother called Stirling? Lol

I agree with both Ruth and James, Shirley. Exactly the answer that I would have given.

Shirley, here's a picture I took.  It's not very good, but you can kind of get an idea of how they harvest it.  This is in County Mayo, northwest Ireland, near the town of Westport.

Picture by Ruth Gregory

Thank you to all you that responded..and the picture Ruth...when I think of Moss it's usually in clumps...but you know I have an low wet spot in my yard that has thick moss and I keep thinking what I could do with it....never thought of burning it.  It was intriging to hear they make it into little bricks also. Jim.... our "Scout master" friend (Mr. O'Donnell) bought into an winery some years back.....I'll have to ask him if he knows much about making Scotch whiskey also...see if he uses any moss in it....perhaps "Ross"...but I have no idea about Moss....Ross though as an person is well liked...hic hic..burp.  As Deano (Martin) would say...Everybody loves somebody..some time.