Good hedges make good neighbors

Hedges serve as a practical solution to create a boundary or to guide movement of people in a specific direction. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)
You may have heard the old proverb “good fences make good neighbors.” Robert Frost made the phrase popular in his poem “Mending Wall.” The debate may have begun there, but I say the same can be true of a good hedge. I love my neighbors, personally, but hedges can bring many other benefits to the landscape. First, a hedge is defined as a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or…

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