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'''Lazy bed''' ({{lang-ga|ainneor}} or {{lang|ga|iompú}}, {{lang-gd|feannagan}} {{IPA-gd|ˈfjan̪ˠakən|}}) is a traditional method of arable cultivation. Rather like [[cord rig]] cultivation, parallel banks of [[ridge and furrow]] are dug by spade although lazy beds have banks that are bigger, up to {{convert|2.5|m|ftin}} in width, with narrow drainage channels between them. It was used in southern parts of Britain from the post-Roman period until the post-medieval period, and across much of Ireland and [[Scotland]] until the 19th century. |
'''Lazy bed''' ({{lang-ga|ainneor}} or {{lang|ga|iompú}}, {{lang-gd|feannagan}} {{IPA-gd|ˈfjan̪ˠakən|}}) is a traditional method of arable cultivation. Rather like [[cord rig]] cultivation, parallel banks of [[ridge and furrow]] are dug by spade although lazy beds have banks that are bigger, up to {{convert|2.5|m|ftin}} in width, with narrow drainage channels between them. It was used in southern parts of Britain from the post-Roman period until the post-medieval period, and across much of Ireland and [[Scotland]] until the 19th century. |
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Although it is largely extinct, it is still to be found in parts of the [[Hebrides]] and the west of [[Ireland]]. In these places, the method used is normally to lift up sods of [[peat]] and apply desalinated [[seaweed fertiliser]] to improve the ground.{{cn}} Potatoes were commonly grown in this way in Ireland until the early nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Veu9u0brhrcC&q=nineteenth|page=229|title=1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created|isbn=978-0-307-26572-2 |last1=Mann |first1=Charles C. |date=2011 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf }}</ref> |
Although it is largely extinct, it is still to be found in parts of the [[Hebrides]] and the west of [[Ireland]]. In these places, the method used is normally to lift up sods of [[peat]] and apply desalinated [[seaweed fertiliser]] to improve the ground.{{cn}} Potatoes were commonly grown in this way in Ireland until the early nineteenth century. Research has reported that the abandonment of this method exacerbated the later [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]] in Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Veu9u0brhrcC&q=nineteenth|page=229|title=1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created|isbn=978-0-307-26572-2 |last1=Mann |first1=Charles C. |date=2011 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf }}</ref> |
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Lazy bed (Irish: ainneor or iompú, Scottish Gaelic: feannagan [ˈfjan̪ˠakən]) is a traditional method of arable cultivation. Rather like cord rig cultivation, parallel banks of ridge and furrow are dug by spade although lazy beds have banks that are bigger, up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in width, with narrow drainage channels between them. It was used in southern parts of Britain from the post-Roman period until the post-medieval period, and across much of Ireland and Scotland until the 19th century.
Although it is largely extinct, it is still to be found in parts of the Hebrides and the west of Ireland. In these places, the method used is normally to lift up sods of peat and apply desalinated seaweed fertiliser to improve the ground.[citation needed] Potatoes were commonly grown in this way in Ireland until the early nineteenth century. Research has reported that the abandonment of this method exacerbated the later Great Famine in Ireland.[1]
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References
- ^ Mann, Charles C. (2011). 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-307-26572-2.
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