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Article #385: A Natural Alternative To Fencing

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In a world of increased industrial your hedge fence initially will come back
activity and an overabundance of to you in the way of a healthy and
manufactured beauty, people are becoming attractive landscape down the road.
more and more interested in the natural Once you are sure that you can provide
world. It is only natural then, that when the time and energy needed to establish
considering how to divide their property your hedge fence, you will have to do a
from others; consumers are skipping past bit of research to determine what your
the chain link fencing and going directly native plants and shrubs are. You
to the garden center. certainly do not want to plant any kind
The idea of using trees and shrubs as of shrub that will not survive the local
enclosures or to mark off space is not a climate. Native plants, those that are
new one. Hedges were used in 16th century found growing wild in your area, are best
Italian gardens to make avenues for to use as a foundation to your hedge
travel within the garden, and hedgerows, fence because they have already proven
which are simply lines of bushes or trees themselves, they are sturdy and
of the same species planted close enough well-suited to the soil. Check with your
for their limbs to intertwine, have been local nursery to find an appropriate
in use in England for more than seven foundation species if you are unsure of
hundred years. the native plants in your area.
Hedges used as an alternative to fencing Finally, the time has come to plant your
fulfill many more purposes than simply hedges for your fence. It is at this time
serving as a property line. They can keep that you will want to remember the
wind and erosion to a minimum, cut out advantages of the fencing you have chosen
noise from traffic, and helps keep the rather than the work you will have to do
neighborhood kids from running through to put the fence together. A little bit
your newly laid grass. Hedges also help of planning now can save a headache
to restore native plant life, which may later. Consider the final, mature size of
have been dwindling because of the shrub or hedge that you are planting,
construction and development. Also, as a not how close you can get them right now,
natural habitat for all manner of and plant extra shrubs or flowers along
insects, you will hear more songbirds the front or in between the row of
early in the morning as they catch foundation hedges, not in place of them.
breakfast. Financially speaking, a hedge Replacing a section of a hedge fence
fence is usually less expensive than because of disease is one thing; having
chain-link, will not rust and break, and to buy a hedge to replace a plant that
rarely needs replacing. did not belong in the fence to begin with
If you have made the decision to use is quite another. More than likely you
hedges as an alternative to traditional will never have to deal with replanting
fencing, there are a few things to keep or replacing once the fence is
in mind before you go in search of shrubs established and growing well.
to plant. First, confirm in your mind Hedges serve as a wonderful alternative
that you will have the time to work with to traditional metal or wood fencing,
the hedges after work or on the weekends. because they increase the aesthetic value
Newly planted flowers or shrubs of any of your home in addition to inviting
kind need a lot of initial attention so natural beauty into your neighborhood. As
that they can spread their roots and the world begins to slow down and realize
settle into their new homes. You may have the importance of preserving nature,
to water them more often and perform a hedge fences will overrun all of those
lot of routine maintenance, such as old, rusty remnants of the industrial age
weeding out invading species and pruning and reveal the gentle potential of the
those plants that are not growing well. future.
Just remember that the time you put into






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