Re: Re: Firewood?

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_...>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:49:41 +0100 (CET)


Charles Corrigan

>> > My memories of peat cutting are
>> > that the peat is cut and stacked
>> > nearby (with lots of air gaps,
>> > in a shape that sheds water
>> > outwards, any mythic opportunities
>> > here?) and left to dry for a year
>> > or more. Wet peat is extremely
>> > heavy compared with dry peat.
>>
>> How do you see the Orlanthi preventing
>> the Lunars taking or destroying all
>> these peat stacks?
>
> In war conditions, I would transport it immediately after cutting,
> despite the additional weight, and stack it in Whitewall.
>
> This leaves the question of how to cut and transport it under the
> watchful eye etc. of the Lunars

Raid the stacks of dried peat so neatly collected by the Lunars? While not the most heroic stuff around, perhaps an ideal introduction to the siege for a party of promising youngsters...

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