"Michael Uplawski" wrote
November approaches and we have decided where to put new trees and
brushes along our hedges in the north-west and north-east of our
terrain.

These hedges mark the borderline between the past and the future, death
and life, chemical farming and my kind of gardening.

The brushes which survived until now are hollies (which we like very
much) and whin (which we tolerate). The rest is in poor condition or
dead.

My main worry are the high trees that should grow here and there in the
hedge, but do not, currently. I will give order to some young oaks to
join the frontier but do not feel good about that.

Have you any experience to share on the subject? I know, it would be
an advantage, if I knew the kind of filth that my dearest neighbour is
using in such abundance that the hedges die, but the latest intelligence
shows these farmers do no longer decide themselves about the moment to
spread their Agent Orange, nor “flavour” or quantiteis.

I need the toughest plants that I can get.


So holly has survived, it's an evergreen with rather tough leaves so look
for other plants with similar leaves. Escallonia is one I can think of. Yew
might work and although it's not good for cattle that is his problem, he
would have to put another fence away from yours to keep them away from it.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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