Sentence examples similar to topped with peat from inspiring English sources

Fill the bottom half with sand and the top with peat.

The traditional way to force chicons is to plant the roots upright shoulder to shoulder in a box packed with moist material like potting soil, sand or sawdust and topped with a half foot or so of a light material like sawdust or peat moss.

The top 1 cm of each window box was filled with peat moss (Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd). to help retain soil moisture.

Two years ago human and animal footprints were found preserved in the hardened top layer of peat, along with scatterings of burnt stones from ancient hearths.

The bogs are drained before harvesting, and the top layers of peat are mined with a large vacuum apparatus.

It has poor soil with peat bogs and heather.

I also replaced annual additions of compost with peat moss.

All countries with peat — the four largest are Russia, Canada, the United States and Indonesia, according to Mr. Rein — experience peat fires, he said.

Note that the mushrooms are mulched with peat, which ends up in the compost.

A superb kedgeree with peat smoked salmon graced the breakfast table the following morning.

Nothing sustainable can compete with peat on price, so it enjoys fat profit margins, too.