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Hedgelaying (or hedge laying) is a countryside skill that has been practised for centuries, mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with many regional variations in style and technique. Hedgelaying is the process of partially cutting through and then bending the stems of a line of shrubs or small trees, near ground level, without breaking ...
A typical clipped European beech hedge in the Eifel, Germany. A round hedge of creeping groundsel. A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced (3 feet or closer) shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties. Hedges that are used to separate a ...
List of hop varieties. Hallertau hop cone. This is a list of varieties of hop ( Humulus lupulus ). As there are male and female plants, the flowers (cones) of the female plant are fertilized by the pollen of the male flowers with the result that the female flowers form seeds. These seeds are eaten by birds and hence spread over vast distances.
A Cornish hedge is an ancient style of hedge built of stone and earth found in Cornwall, southwest England. Sometimes hedging plants or trees are planted on the hedge to increase its windbreaking height. A rich flora develops over the lifespan of a Cornish hedge. The Cornish hedge contributes to the distinctive field-pattern of the Cornish ...
Audio. "Stairway to Heaven" on YouTube. " Stairway to Heaven " is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band’s untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV ), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant, it is ...
Hedgerows Regulations 1997. The Hedgerows Regulations 1997 [1] of England and Wales is a UK Statutory Instrument (1997 No. 1160) which came into effect on 1 June 1997 and is government legislation which falls under the Environment Act 1995. It was created to protect hedgerows, in particular those in the countryside aged 30 years or older.
English: These Regulations make provision for the protection of important hedgerows in England and Wales. To facilitate the protection of those hedgerows, the Regulations apply to a wider class of hedgerows, described in regulation 3 (in particular to hedgerows which are 20 metres or more long or which meet another hedgerow at each end and which, in each case, are on or adjacent to land used ...
Devon hedge. A traditional stone-faced Devon hedge, stones placed on edge. A Devon hedge, also known as a Devon hedgebank, [1] consist of a rubble or earth bank [1] that is usually topped with bushy shrubs forming a hedgerow, with trees also being a frequent and noticeable feature. [2] The bank may be faced with turf or stone.