Growing up in the heartland of Ireland’s peat bogs, the mechanics of keeping warm played a central role in my childhood. Our kitchen at home was dominated by a monster, solid fuel range that swallowed an endless supply of turf, allowing the house to be heated, water to be warmed and my mother to cook. The passing of each year was marked by milestones centred on the harvesting of turf that would keep us warm and fed, year-round. At every family gathering conversation inevitabl