Publisher's Synopsis
This work looks at the growing of hedgerows as a cost-effective way of containing livestock, providing wind protection for higher quality cash crops and for improving the appearance of the landscape. Full details of hedge establishment and cultivation, including the raising of seed and the cultivation from seedling to transplant, are included. Other forms of hedging are also covered, as well as the use of trees, the control of weeds, diseases and pests, and maintenance and trimming.;The author is a specialist grower of transplant trees and shrubs.