Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong place but I thought Flora and Fauna would do it.
I live in a rural area and my daily drive to work and just general life involves seeing hedges; miles of them by the roadside and as field boundaries. Now I know that winter is the time for coppicing, hedgelaying etc but I've noticed something that seems somewhat odd.
In the last few weeks there have been many people seemingly grubbing up perfectly good mature hedgerows and then replacing them with nursery saplings in plastic protectors. I am thinking of one specific stretch right now which is about a mile next to the road where the whole boundary hedge is gone.
Is this normal practice or is there some kind of crazy subsidy thing going on if you plant new hedges; regardless if you rip out your mature one?
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
I live in a rural area and my daily drive to work and just general life involves seeing hedges; miles of them by the roadside and as field boundaries. Now I know that winter is the time for coppicing, hedgelaying etc but I've noticed something that seems somewhat odd.
In the last few weeks there have been many people seemingly grubbing up perfectly good mature hedgerows and then replacing them with nursery saplings in plastic protectors. I am thinking of one specific stretch right now which is about a mile next to the road where the whole boundary hedge is gone.
Is this normal practice or is there some kind of crazy subsidy thing going on if you plant new hedges; regardless if you rip out your mature one?
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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