Dee..it depends on what you are talking about! Brown Turf would be from top part of bog and can contain wood material from Heather, Gorse etc and occasionally spark. Black turf would be from deeper in the bog and better decomposed! Very very few sparks. If dried correctly is should contain gasses and oils if weather is good and it dries out quickly, rain will wash these out. Turf briquettes which are machine milled, then compressed do not spark. If you were in the dark and pick up 2 sods the lightest is brown turf. In general it should burn through the night, and often people would put a new sod in the middle of the fire, then cover it with the ashes, then in morning a light disturbance get it going properly next morning. In many many houses the fire was never let go out....took too long to relight and get hot enough to cook on etc.. I trust the above reply meets with your requirements and to the standard you are accustomed to! and got a smile from my previous reply. which did actually answer you... :-)) Dave /From:/ "Dee Byster-Graham" <deebg(a)bigpond.net.au <mailto:deebg@bigpond.net.au>> /Subject:/ FERMANAGH-GOLD Peat fires /Date:/ Sat, 1 Feb 2014 12:01:05 +1000 Dear Golders, Can someone tell me if peat fires splutter, crackle, and spit embers as wood fires occasionally do? Is their burn quiet and 'even', and will the embers still be glowing and last through to the morning, or does one need to re-light. Thanks so much, Dee. ++++++++++++++++++++++ https://www.facebook.com/groups/FermanaghGold/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message