In the corner of the bottom field there's what looks like an old gateway that's been fenced over.
It can never really be used as a gateway again as there is now a telegraph pole and straining wire in the way.
I decided that with the left over plants from the top hedge, to patch over this gateway and make it so that people couldn't climb over if they wanted to.
26 hawthorn plants later, along with some bamboo and tree guards and the jobs done - I got soaked in the process!
I'm not sure how well these plants will do as they're shaded by the big oak tree above them. The rest of the hedge was planted a long time after the oak and they've grown OK so hopefully these young plants will survive.
Anyone else been patching they're hedges lately?
For the most part, we don't have hedges over here. This is a nation of fences,it seems.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good job we do as my father sells agricultural hedge trimmers! They're everywhere over here and I do love them
DeleteMy hedges consist of brush & blackberry vines that have taken over the old fence. They seem to work well enough hold the cattle in, but then the grass is greener on their side so they hang around.
ReplyDeleteThese are more to keep people out rather than animals in! Just makes the place a bit more private.
DeleteI love hedges but the only successful one we've put in as been a long roadside row of Leyland cypresses. It provides year around privacy which we appreciate. I tried one on the other side of the house with elderberry, blueberry, and raspberries, but most of the plants haven't done well, I think because they're in a difficult place to water and haven't had enough rain.
ReplyDeleteI hope yours does well.
I might plant some evergreen ones at some point but I do like the native hedging more even though you don;t get the cover in the winter. I've got lots of elderberry plants in our hedges but I can't imagine blueberry would grow dtrong enough over here (be great if they would though but my three little bushes seem to have taken years to get to about 2ft high). These having enough water shouldn't be a problem - infact the oposite might be true!
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