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[[File:Lazy beds, inishbofin.jpg|thumb|Lazy beds, [[Inishbofin, County Galway|Inishbofin]]]] |
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[[Image:Old lazybeds on North Harris.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Old lazybeds on North [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]]]] |
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[[Image:Inishglora_lazybeds.jpg|thumb|200px|Lazybeds on [[Inishglora]]]] |
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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.{{cn}} |
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The name of the practice may derive from “lazy root”, an English nickname for the [[potato]] that was often grown in lazy beds.{{sfn|Mann|2011|loc=Lazy Beds}} |
The name of the practice may derive from “lazy root”, an English nickname for the [[potato]] that was often grown in lazy beds.{{sfn|Mann|2011|loc=Lazy Beds}} |
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Revision as of 00:51, 22 June 2024
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.[citation needed]
The name of the practice may derive from “lazy root”, an English nickname for the potato that was often grown in lazy beds.[1]
Although it is largely extinct today, it is still 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.[2]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Mann, Charles C. (2011). 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-26572-2.
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