Next year I put broken stones upon the spars, and turves upon them, and made my arrangements so that I could occasionally run water in the tank to wet the turves and the soil next them.
The grassy surface is evenly removed, and the under-turves are cut three or four inches in thickness, and are then divided into squares of about three inches across.
I put some broken stones upon the covers, and turves upon them, and then the soil.
All going well, plant out in the month of March or April, on ground prepared for the purpose, and laying the plant-bearing turves in strips, without any disturbance whatever of the roots.
Lay the turves out in a frame, grass side downwards, and give them a soaking with water in which a very small quantity of salt has been dissolved.
Tis merry in the ingle, Beside a moorland lass, As watchingturves a-glowing, The brimming bumpers pass.
In like manner miners indicated their setts by cutting four turves annually at the limits of their grounds.
As day began to break, the old man picked himself up, yawned and lounged out, returning after a time with fresh turves for the hearth.
Little rest had I that night; but lay awake on my bracken bed and watched the burning peat-turves turn to grey, and drop, flake by flake, till only a glowing point remained.
He crept along again, and the turves upon his back crept with him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
