Meaning of fedge | Babel Free

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A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat resembling a hedge.

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“What do you get⟳ when you cross a fence with a hedge? The answer⟳ is a fedge, which you can make⟳ by weaving fresh willow branches together, with their bases nestled into moist soil so they take⟳ root and grow⟳. You can start⟳ a fedge with willow or other woody cuttings gathered from woods or roadsides […]”

“Fast growing and quick to take⟳ root, even from a cut⟳ stem, willow is a great sustainable resource that can be used to make⟳ living fences, or fedges – as well as retaining structures, arches, and arbours. The best time to make⟳ your own⟳ fedge is in the winter when the willow is dormant.”

“What's in a name⟳? Hedge, Fedge, Living Fencerow, Fredge ... […] A tentative truce between British and American agricultural geographers over terminology was brokered when a young British landscape designer trained at Oxford tried to popularize the term fedge in her book High-Impact, Low-Carbon Gardening, which was simultaneously released on both sides of the pond. And yet the term has not gained much currency, so I will propose⟳ another, hopefully more memorable one. I suggest⟳ that we rally behind another syllogism, the fredge, which takes its f and r from fence and row, and the rest⟳ of its letters from hedge and edge.”

“Ryan Kelly has a young fedge (a living willow hedge). Alan Jefferson has a boundary windbreak of substantial hawthorn. Both ask⟳ if I think⟳ it would be feasible or a good idea to plant⟳ roses to mingle with the hedging plants, and if so, what kind of rose would I suggest⟳.”

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