Post by lika on Feb 22, 2022 21:33:01 GMT
After seeing a few people discussing the state of Britain's hedges recently, this might be of interest to some.
Hedge laying is an art, as with many things, that has been neglected in favour of inferior practices that are wrongly perceived to be more utilitarian.
The farmer today neglects his hedges and then when the gaps appear he installs a fence and mows down the hedge in an indiscriminate manner, believing this to be easier for himself. The truth of the matter is that, in favour of short term time saving, the farmer is infact setting himself up for constant repair costs of a fence and the job of having to decimate the hedge every few years, rather than just laying the hedge once every two decades and trimming it in-between.
The British hedgerow is something special. It is not merely just a boundary but a living tapestry that has helped define these lands for countless generations and has been a life line for much of our dwindling wildlife.
The loss of the British hedgerow, in favour of wrongly perceived utilitarianism, is symbolic of the wider decay of this land. To understand the plight of the modern hedgerow is to understand the zeitgeist of this nation.
youtu.be/WoprVhpOKIk
Hedge laying is an art, as with many things, that has been neglected in favour of inferior practices that are wrongly perceived to be more utilitarian.
The farmer today neglects his hedges and then when the gaps appear he installs a fence and mows down the hedge in an indiscriminate manner, believing this to be easier for himself. The truth of the matter is that, in favour of short term time saving, the farmer is infact setting himself up for constant repair costs of a fence and the job of having to decimate the hedge every few years, rather than just laying the hedge once every two decades and trimming it in-between.
The British hedgerow is something special. It is not merely just a boundary but a living tapestry that has helped define these lands for countless generations and has been a life line for much of our dwindling wildlife.
The loss of the British hedgerow, in favour of wrongly perceived utilitarianism, is symbolic of the wider decay of this land. To understand the plight of the modern hedgerow is to understand the zeitgeist of this nation.
youtu.be/WoprVhpOKIk
