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Category Archives: Trees

Hedgelaying

Sunday, March 28, 2010

When I first moved to my place in West Cork eight years ago one of the first tasks was to secure the land from invading animals such as the neighbours’ cattle or sheep. A Hawthorn hedge was the obvious choice for the road frontage, and I planted it with a view to laying the hedge [...]

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Fruit and Nuts at Derryduff

Saturday, August 9, 2008

I am off to attend a Forest Gardening course with Martin Crawford at the Agroforestry Research Trust in Totnes, Devon, next weekend, so I thought it would be appropriate to tell you how some of my own fruit and nut trees are doing, seven years after moving to Derryduff. Of greatest excitement, I have a [...]

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