| The overgrown hedges in the village are to be attended to and the road junctions repainted following recent road works. |
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| The 10-acre garden of cypresses, yews and quickset hedges is called the Domaine des Colombia. |
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| Outside, there is an extensive lawned garden with flowerbeds and hedges to the front. |
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| A tree pressed its leafy branches to my window, and through the mesh of leaves I caught hints of hedges and flowerbeds. |
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| As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges. |
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| She says up to 1,000 children are now living rough, sleeping under hedges and bridges and begging to survive, many of them glue sniffing. |
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| Out has gone the traditional lawn which has been replaced by water while hedges have been replaced by artistic steel designs. |
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| Large expanses of lawns with hedges, flowerbeds and ground covers interspersed with royal palms along the medians are envisaged in the plan. |
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| For formal hedges, shorten main and secondary stems just before the plants begin their second season of growth. |
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| They are found carved in rock, ceramics, clay tablets, mosaics, manuscripts, stone patterns, turf, hedges, and cathedral pavements. |
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| He now hopes to plant another 450 metres of hedge at Hob Moor to replace deteriorating hedges and to screen other ugly boundaries. |
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| We decided to take a short cut through the neighborhood yards playing follow the leader over hedges, fences, porch banisters, etc. |
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| Lighting a mentholated cigarette, I strolled by sea grape hedges and through a moongate to a limestone cliff dropping to the Atlantic. |
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| Look out for uniquely carved benches, hogs in the hedges and other woodland animals. |
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| Quixotic mazes made with podacarpus hedges or scarlet red bean vines can be done with a little imagination. |
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| A factory farm stood silent and abandoned, hedges of elders dripped berries and were decorated with white trumpets of bindweed. |
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| But, that would be a good thing, because they wouldn't have to trim hedges and cut grass, he noted. |
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| Molina's crew trims hedges, mows grass, and has planted bougainvillea, jacaranda, queen palms and hibiscus. |
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| The garden shredder also aids in shredding debris from punning your hedges. |
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| Flocks of mixed finches including siskins bounced along the hedges and down to the wooded beck. |
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| The only sounds we could hear were the blustering wind, and fluttering paper pressing against ruined hedges and walls. |
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| There was a sprinkling of roadside crosses and the bocage, the thick hedges along the roadsides, could hardly have been more bosky. |
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| Up until the middle of last century farmers were limited to cutting the hedges back with a hand slasher. |
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| Our approach is to leave our base unhedged, but to use hedges on acquisitions to build the company. |
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| They jumped over countless hedges and a myriad of small streams and barbed wire, all set up to prevent what was happening now. |
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| Along the way you pass little old quarries, thickets and deep sloe hedges, and you might just catch the sound of gunfire. |
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| Owners of unruly hedges or unmanageable gardens need fear no more thanks to a pair of four-legged lawn mowers now available for hire. |
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| It may be quite tempting to turn your back on mankind behind hedges of bougainvillea, oleander, or myrtle. |
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| The site is bounded by fencing, hedges and trees, and fences divide most of the plots. |
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| Stevenson says he's been collecting things for more than 70 years, including pieces of derelict vehicles found under boxthorn hedges. |
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| I indicated the houses with collapsed roofs, broken windows, charred brickwork and dismantled hedges. |
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| Youngsters have been blamed for vandalising phone boxes and public benches, smashing windows and setting light to hedges in the town. |
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| The garden rooms are defined by tall hedges of broadleaf evergreens that provide a backdrop for large pots planted with flowers. |
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| Ray Darcy was responsible for cutting the road verges and hedges on the approach roads to the village. |
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| No songbirds to tangle in the hedges, in shrubs, up above your head in the crowns of cypress and in the branches of chestnut trees, plane trees. |
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| Hardy fuchsias also make attractive hedges either as a single species or mixed with other hedging plants, such as hawthorn and beech. |
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| The reserve is comprised of two hay meadows enclosed by tall hedges of hazel, hawthorn, Guelder rose and dogwood. |
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| They do not need a wall and are happy to scramble over heathers, conifers, trees or hedges. |
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| A few deciduous bushes make nice hedges, although many look best grown informally rather than sheared. |
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| Dressed in black the person was creeping toward the house, ducking behind bushes and hedges. |
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| Lily and tulip bulbs can go into the garden as can deciduous trees, climbers, shrubs and hedges, roses and fruit trees, bushes and canes. |
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| Houses, fences, and hedges can act as dams that block wind, causing cold pockets. |
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| The list below shows shrubs used in formal hedges that respond well to frequent or heavy pruning. |
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| Similar to grass shears, only longer, this tool is useful for trimming shrubs and hedges. |
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| And, of course, some companies are mitigating losses through currency hedges. |
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| People believe that directness is rude and use a variety of euphemisms and hedges to avoid it. |
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| So great was the attention to detail that gardeners at Kimber clipped hedges with nail scissors. |
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| All participants will be happy to know that the hedges have been clipped and the potholes are filled all ready for a great evening out. |
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| Herbs, such as germander and santolina, can be clipped into low hedges to create a knot garden. |
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| There were sunken gardens and ornamental ponds, rose pergolas and formal hedges. |
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| As the evening cooled he did go out to cut hedges and such but otherwise he hid indoors out of the sun, just as Dolly and I did. |
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| The law may soon come to the aid of householders who claim their lives are blighted by neighbours' high hedges. |
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| There were no real hard hedges to it, but a kind of luxurious patina that drew the listener into his unique world as if by stealth. |
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| Keep on planting hardy deciduous climbers, hedges and shrubs while the conditions are good. |
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| The clippings from these low hedges were then strewn on the floor for the same purpose. |
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| The great expanses of the open fields were replaced by hedges, fences, and, in upland areas, dry stone walling. |
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| Shards of plastic and even wheels had been sent flying across the street into gardens and hedges. |
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| This plant is happy to creep along the ground or to climb into trees and into hedges. |
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| Such defects could include trees and hedges that require attention either by the Highway Authority or frontager. |
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| Once we got there, we crept through the small gap in the overgrown hedges that served as the entranceway. |
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| So after all my regular warnings about the right way to clip hedges, you find yourself with a hedge that has gaps all along its base. |
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| In the distance where the land dips away, neighbouring fields are surrounded by scrubby hedges with large gaps. |
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| Primarily, an economy hedges itself against losses from withdrawal or retreat from other pre-established markets. |
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| She made her way, seemingly effortlessly, over walls, through gates and under hedges as the following horde tried in vain to make ground. |
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| They made their way through the hedges, Valerie being careful to avoid the painful prickles of the thorns. |
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| It is illegal to clear development sites, carry out roofing work, treat timber or prune hedges or trees if nests are present. |
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| Also prune to shape overgrown hedges and spring-flowering vines and shrubs after they bloom. |
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| It stands in a good-sized plot of land, with gardens to the front enclosed by hedges and a wall. |
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| As the daylight died, the shadows came to life and began to prowl about the hedges and corners of houses. |
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| These birds take refuge in hedges and wooded areas and at dusk fly out to feed in marshy ground. |
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| It grows on trees, particularly elms, in open situations such as hedges or parklands. |
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| While I've been under the weather things have been growing in the fields and hedges, turning my little world back to a green and pleasant place. |
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| Hedges of thorn and dog rose give way to hedges of neat privet, a suburban section where I felt a right Charlie booted and rucksacked. |
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| The three-acre garden was created from an exposed open field now sheltered by hedges and fences. |
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| The downwardly un-mobile may pump gas, wash dishes, trim hedges or do any number of other low-pay, no-benefit jobs. |
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| A drab brown little bird, it has a weak but musical song, which doesn't carry far but can be heard from low bushes or hedges. |
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| I strolled by sea grape hedges and through a gate to a limestone cliff dropping to the Atlantic. |
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| These include the restoration of drystone walls and hedges, and improving access to the countryside. |
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| Barbed wire can be incorporated into existing natural obstacles like hedges, fences and walls, and used to block access from the roof. |
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| Plastic bags, crisp packets, plastic bottles and soggy newspapers lie abundantly in the verges, or caught in trees and hedges. |
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| Wide shrub borders edged with low hedges can lead your eye in the direction of a water feature, garden seat or piece of statuary. |
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| The European quickset hedges of hawthorn and willow never became popular on the Island, perhaps because maintaining them is quite laborious. |
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| Later parliamentary enclosures were characterised by quickset hawthorn hedges running in straight lines. |
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| Farm animals were excluded from these coppices by the digging of ditches and the setting up of hedges of quickthorn grown on banks. |
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| She still hedges a bit on her command responsibility, but I think she actually acquitted herself quite well in this online discussion. |
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| With its drystone hedges, bedraggled cottages, enigmatic stone menhirs, and rainswept green fields, Jejudo has something of a Celtic feel. |
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| It was a smallish expanse of grassland bordered by hedges the horses could easily jump if they were so inclined. |
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| We also had to deal with terrifically dry easterly winds, so building windbreaks and planting hedges were a top priority. |
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| She described the large house, trimmed hedges, her uniform, and the mother who dressed elegantly to receive and visit friends for lunch. |
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| The house was on a hill and there weren't many trees or hedges to shelter it from the wind. |
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| In some instances the larger hedges are supported or reinforced with small poles which are anchored into the surface soil. |
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| Members of the group spend Sundays laying hedges and developing the grounds of the church. |
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| Pay particular attention to the topping or lopping of trees or the trimming or laying of hedges. |
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| He was particularly skilled at draining with hand tools and either laying or cutting thorn hedges. |
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| The Kadzik garden has two personalities, divided by the brick path and flanking boxwood hedges. |
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| Our land is very flat, so I deliberately divided it up with hemlock, boxwood, and yew hedges. |
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| Used in the right way and with plants of appropriate scale, hedges bring year-round definition and a sense of enclosure. |
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| Many of the needle evergreens including yew, arborvitae, hemlock, and incense cedar make fine hedges. |
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| The wide verges were tangled with the trumpets of field convolvulus, a smaller version of the plant that plays so loud in the hedges at this time of the year. |
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| It was a very dark night, and a thin rain began to fall as we turned from the high road into a narrow lane, deeply rutted, with hedges on either side. |
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| While some front gardens are overgrown, untended and filled with litter, others are carefully looked after with window boxes, flowers in bloom and neatly trimmed hedges. |
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| He penned a large chunk of the epic The Lord of the Rings here, inspired by the rural patchwork of hedges, meadows and woodlands rolling down to the lazy River Ribble. |
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| The statues and trees looked tiny from up high, as did the hedges that had been clipped into elaborate shapes by the skilled gardeners, into birds and animals. |
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| Tall shrubs, hedges, or vine-covered fences make a detached patio private. |
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| The network of mature hedges, the areas of long grass and the ponds and streams means there are plenty of insects, especially moths, for the bats to feed on. |
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| Bill hook for layering hedges or splitting withies for hurdles. |
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| Throughout the Island gorse forms most of the fences, growing on the top and from the sides of the various banks and hedges, and when in blow is really beautiful. |
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| There is still a concern of many overgrown hedges within the village. |
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| I recently observed several employees of Swindon Services hand-picking paper, plastic food containers, cans and bottles from hedges and coppices in the Shaw area. |
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| It was a three-quarter-acre garden with terraces, roses, yew hedges, box parterres, geraniums, pelargoniums and double herbaceous borders leading to a meadow planted with eucalyptus. |
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| Known as herb bennet or wood avens, this is a yellow-flowered herbaceous perennial up to 2 ft tall, occurring fairly commonly in shaded ground by woods or in hedges. |
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| Cuckoo pint or Lords and Ladies grows in woodlands, hedges and ditches. |
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| Then there are the sloes and bullaces, almost always to be found in old hedges, which at this season have a misty blue bloom on them, equal to any that we see on the grape. |
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| The meadow is enclosed by tall hedges which are mostly quite young, but the northern section is species-rich including dogwood, field maple and spindle. |
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| A large formal garden is screened front and rear with mature hedges. |
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| They could have been cycling through Normandy, with lush green hedges to left and right and cows chewing the cud in fields next to half-timbered houses. |
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| The subdivision by quickset hawthorn hedges came slightly later as drainage improved the quality of the pasture, enabling cattle rather than sheep to be stocked. |
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| To the west a tree lined hedge screens the site from Stantyway Road, which passes the site in a shallow cutting with tree lined hedges on the banks on both sides. |
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| Throughout the scheme, tiers of steps leading into the sunken areas provide informal seating and car parking is screened by hedges of dark cypresses. |
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| They'll replant the hedges and grow insanely expensive vegetables for fun. |
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| The hedges were as yet uncut and were fizzing with little birds, notably bright yellowhammers, and sloes dressed with a dark bloom hung enormous like grapes. |
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| Then we started the drive through the bocage of Normandy, the maze of fields, hedges and ditches William the Conqueror shaped to slow down German tanks and Ford Cortinas. |
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| The entrance to the inn was adorned with sweetbriars and hawthorn hedges. |
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| A tall hedge lined an even taller wall of stone that enclosed the square garden, and a grid of paths criss-crossed squares of rose plants and hedges. |
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| I've heard it used to describe the man-made features such as walls, paths, arbors, hedges, and fences that divide the garden into different areas. |
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| We hope that by cutting hedgerows we will make ginnels safer and make it more difficult for burglars to work without the cover that overgrown hedges provide. |
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| Fences and hedges put up by the council have been torn down, often within 24 hours of being installed, trees have been damaged and rare wildflowers crushed by wheels. |
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| Then there are the hedges themselves, which will very soon need a trim. |
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| A street cleaner already cleans the main thoroughfares but wind eddies can blow drifts of crisp packets and chocolate wrappers into alleys and hedges, he said. |
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| His mission is to find as many sloe berries from blackthorn hedges as he can this autumn to expand his booming sloe gin and liqueur chocolate production business. |
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| Rose bushes and all other kinds of hedges furbished the entire grounds, and though the house itself did not look as luxurious, even it was not what I had imagined. |
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| Now is the time to plant hedges, specimen trees and shelter belts. |
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| A perfectly tended flower garden lined the base of the house and a neat row of dark green hedges concealed the white picket fence running along the outside of the yard. |
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| We'd go over at twilight, when the big white house had a patina like the inside of a shell, and chase fireflies among the cypress trees and boxwood hedges. |
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| A good starting point is to install large, specimen trees, hedges, hard landscaping, and water features or to buy a couple of beautiful ceramic or terracotta pots. |
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| He urged people to cut back overhanging trees and hedges, avoid parking on the pavement, and think carefully about the positioning of wheelie bins. |
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| There, in Laguna Beach, I saw hibiscus hedges eight feet tall, with solid masses of large red and pink flowers, and sprawling banks of white and yellow jasmine. |
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| The tranquil uses of red and orange brickwork, with their auburn hedges, mollify the harshness of the sky above Pissarro's characteristically low horizon. |
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| Back then farmers were worried that the hedgecutters might destroy their hedges and often asked for guarantees that the boxthorn was going to survive the ordeal. |
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| The gardens at Sarn House are predominantly laid to lawn and bordered by mature hedges and a patio area that runs along the rear of the house. |
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| In the 1840s the Melling Road was also flanked by hedges and the runners had to jump into the road and then back out of it. |
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| The bocage is a patchwork of small fields with high hedges, typical of western areas. |
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| Due to its dense, dark green, mature foliage, and its tolerance of even very severe pruning, it is used especially for formal hedges and topiary. |
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| It can also become a nuisance in gardens, sending down its strong suckering roots amongst hedges and shrubs. |
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| In fact they established hedges throughout their lands in order to make them difficult for cavalry. |
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| Traditional mazes are most commonly grown using yew hedges, but these take several years to mature. |
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| The hedges at the edges are often overgrown and may have spread laterally owing to the neglect of many years. |
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| Some Cornish hedges are believed by the Guild of Cornish Hedgers to date from 5000 BC, although there appears to be little dating evidence. |
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| The roads in the Vale of Mowbray are characteristically contained by low hedges with wide verges. |
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| Potential choices for great evergreen hedges include yew, box, holly, Escallonia, Euonymus, Osmanthus, Portuguese laurel and Photinia. |
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| Viburnum Early autumn, as in right now, is the best time to plant evergreen hedges. |
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| Aucuba, eleagnus and butcher's broom are extremely robust and make solid hedges, and variegated holly can also be used. |
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| Oxystelma esculentum is a slender, laticiferous climber found in hedges near water courses throughout the plains and lower hills of India. |
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| An arborator looked after trees, a vinitor cared for vines, and a topiarius was expert in clipping hedges and looking after pleasure gardens. |
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| Clip hornbeam, beech, Leyland cypress and thuja hedges before mid-September. |
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| Among shrubs and hedges, Pittosporums are among the most dependable and adaptable selections. |
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| The contest is a rough one, with teams fighting to move the bottles over such obstacles as ditches, hedges, and barbed wire. |
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| The Bohemian waxwings have been spotted all over the region as they scour shrubs and hedges for berries. |
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| Trim hornbeam, beech, Ley-land cypress and thuja hedges, if you haven't already done so. |
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| But only Englishmen tame privet hedges while wearing what looks suspiciously like a posing pouch. |
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| In the hedges, our native spindle, Euonymus europaeus is transformed from uniform green to cerise and vivid pink. |
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| Now that the hawthorn hedges have just about finished flowering, they are due for their first trim of the year to neaten them up. |
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| Designer Robert Frier, a hay fever victim, has swapped lawn for water and outlawed dust and pollen-bearing scented plants and hedges. |
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| Consider a credit derivative that hedges credit risk of a loan, for example. |
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| Use sharp secateurs to prune holly hedges and evergreen cherry laurels, as the large glossy leaves turn brown and look terrible if they're chopped in half with shears. |
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| While bindweed snakes its way through borders and up hedges, ground elder is emerging from under my neighbour's fence and couch grass is appearing amid perennials and shrubs. |
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| Over a thousand had gathered at Newton, near Kettering, pulling down hedges and filling ditches, to protest against the enclosures of Thomas Tresham. |
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| It encompasses building and renewing a defensive global plan that operationally hedges the currency, distribution and logistics risks associated with gray markets. |
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| He was ordained deacon in the Church of England, 1740, but George Whitefield recommended him to leave his curacies in order to preach on highways and hedges. |
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| When I first met her in a college in Sheffield, she told me of her school years in the oil town of Abadan, a place of privet hedges and mown lawns. |
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| In areas where slate is plentiful it is also used in pieces of various sizes for building walls and hedges, sometimes combined with other kinds of stone. |
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| Buffer strips, fallow land, areas with catch crops or green cover and areas with nitrogen fixing crops will qualify, subject to weightings, and so will hedges. |
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| By contrast, straight enclosure roads which were laid out between 1760 and 1840 run through the then newly enclosed lands with straight walls or hedges. |
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| In northern Europe the pleaching is usually this very narrowand two dimensional shape, but there are many examples of wider, three dimensional hedges correctly termed boskage. |
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| If you have the muscles to lift it, the large 27mm blade gap and super sharp double-sided teeth make light work of unruly hedges in need of an annual cut back. |
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