Hedgerows

Discovering electric fencing By Jane Hulton-Harrop I had used 3 strand electric fencing years ago to ‘strip graze’ lambs on swedes. It was not the most successful process as the sheep would push through or become entangled. For our holistic planned grazing experiment...

Where did it all start?By Jane Hulton-HarropSo, where did it all start? We knew that things had to change and that we had to change them.No use looking backwards to the living we used to make from our upland sheep and beef enterprise, the world was changing and we...

AutumnBy Jane Hulton-HarropThe mornings get lighter later and the evenings darker earlier. There’s a chill in the early morning air although often sunshine in the afternoon. Pollardine Preserves Damsons are one of the tastiest fruits of our hedgerow. They generally...

Hedgerows at PollardineBy Fiona GomersallIn 2017, we were lucky enough to be one of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust's selected sites for a plant species survey. Fiona Gomersall carried it out and wrote this piece about our hedgerows. Over the years Jane and Roger...