Here ‘lazy’ has the Scots meaning of ‘fallow or untilled’ (Dictionary of the Scots Language). A form of spade cultivation where the soil is thin. A line of turf is dug and folded over, the then another is dug so that the lines meet. Potatoes or barley were planted inside the ‘sandwich’, usually with a little seaweed. It was widely used on Tiree by cottars in the nineteenth century (potatoes were introduced to Tiree around 1758), particularly on ground near the shore or on the sliabh or moor.