Another problem with Blackthorn as a hedge is that the thorns are great for introducing bacteria into your skin. We had a section of hedge with it and no matter how hard I tried to avoid getting pricked when cutting it, I ended up with septic cuts on my hands.
This is a friend with Blackthorn in his (quite well trimmed) mixed hedge in Kent:
His comment: "We have a mixed blackthorn and hawthorn hedge at the front of the property which I keep at around 1m high. All went in as two year old bare rooted whips and was completely filled in after four years and is around 0.8m thick. The sparrows love it, and when the sparrowhawk visits and sits on the top of the hedge the sparrows make so much noise that we go outside and scare the predator away."
The house was built from 2016 to 2019 ish. The extended waves are because it is a passive house.
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“Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
Another problem with Blackthorn as a hedge is that the thorns are great for introducing bacteria into your skin. We had a section of hedge with it and no matter how hard I tried to avoid getting pricked when cutting it, I ended up with septic cuts on my hands.
At the other place somebody else said "It is evil stuff to work with."
So you know who tried to get in, as they are impaled on it in the morning .
“Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
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This is a friend with Blackthorn in his (quite well trimmed) mixed hedge in Kent:
His comment:
"We have a mixed blackthorn and hawthorn hedge at the front of the property which I keep at around 1m high. All went in as two year old bare rooted whips and was completely filled in after four years and is around 0.8m thick. The sparrows love it, and when the sparrowhawk visits and sits on the top of the hedge the sparrows make so much noise that we go outside and scare the predator away."
The house was built from 2016 to 2019 ish. The extended waves are because it is a passive house.
F
At the other place somebody else said "It is evil stuff to work with."
So you know who tried to get in, as they are impaled on it in the morning