00:00 There's a lot of bogland in this part of the country, and cutting turf is part of the
00:08 rhythm of life here. It takes a good week's hard work, depending on the weather, to cut
00:14 enough turf for the year. Then it's spread out, then turned over, then footed - that's
00:21 stood on end - and then raked out, built into a sort of rick or stack, then it's drawn in.
00:31 A rhythm that's changing now, and Joe Craig has just invested in the future.
00:36 Well, something around 30,000. One hour, where you'd cut in an hour, it would have been four
00:45 million. A day to cut the same amount. The older way of cutting, you had more work, needed
00:51 more work. A machine cut turf doesn't need as much work.
00:54 What do you do with them after they're left laying like that on the grass?
00:57 Let them lie for about ten days, and then you turn them over the body.
01:01 To get the bottom side dried? That's right.
01:03 And what do you do with them then? You stand them up in the rain. Then they're
01:07 up a bit a week or so, and you rake them. And that's the last thing you do with them?
01:11 That's the last thing you do with them. Until you draw them in?
01:13 That's right. And they're ready for...
01:15 They're ready for burning then.
01:21 (birds chirping)
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