Countryside
Contributor Tony Ridd
The Farmed Landscape Individual Trees
One of the many pleasures my job
brings, is that I get to see my work
grow and change the landscape on
the Island. This year alone we have
planted thousands of metres of
hedgerows and tens of thousands
of trees to create new woodlands
and copses. I feel that people
who plant trees have foresight.
They will get pleasure from them,
but just as importantly, they are
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leaving a legacy for an infinite
amount of other people to enjoy.
What I particularly like seeing
are individual field grown and
hedgerow trees, showing their true
character. They may be oaks of
only 120-150 years old, still in their
teenage years in comparison to us.
But with their open grown branches
reaching out many metres, they are
not only improving the aesthetics
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of the countryside, they also
provide shelter from the elements
for livestock and lookout posts for
hunting barn owls and other birds
of prey.
Unlike hedgerow trees, field grown
trees have been a declining pleasure
with modern and aggressive farming
methods causing many to be fatally
damaged and then dying b