Yew and Western red cedar are good for this, as is holly (Ilex aquifolium). Hedges also alleviate extreme weather: a useful attribute given a Met Office forecast that by 2070, UK winters will be ...

The " Rural New Yorker " has a correspondent who recommends red cedar for farm hedges, for the following qualities:—It bears pruning well. It is not subject to any disease. Thin, poor land is as ...

Until budburst – when tree buds emerge from winter dormancy and new shoots become visible – there is still time to renovate ...