I picked up that word on a trip to Ireland, I think. When I biked throughout Ireland I saw many times the pyramid stacks of peat drying in the sun, and when we were there three years ago I took a little train tour of a place they harvested the peat to produce electricity. Massive operation covering hundreds if not thousands of acres. We got a chance to try our hands and backs at cutting peat using the special shovels the Irish developed for the purpose. But I think I heard turves during my first tour.

TEd