Angus Woods: Planting hedges involves extra cost and effort for sheep farmers – but it’s worth it
I have yet to regret planting a tree or a hedge
‘Every new hedge has to be stock-proof, which is not easy for sheep farmers’. Photo: Getty
This is normally a quiet time in the fields on our farm. It’s the time when the final preparations for lambing and calving are put in place, and the spring cereal rotation is made.
Normally, the weather and soil conditions would need to be excellent to attract me into the fields with machinery.
