The Willow Hedge
And here's the last of the willow hedge being planted. These last ones are native willows that turned up on the farm last year, so Leo cut them and stuck them in a bucket full of water. They rooted well. They are a pretty red color.
The rest of the willows we purchased from Dunbar Gardens in Washington. We selected both hedge and basket types. We hope to be able to do a number of farm projects with willow in the future, but for now this is the first of our new windbreaks. Water loss here at the farm is mostly a result of the wind and evaporation. We can't change the weather, so we hope that wind breaks will help mitigate for water loss. Well, at least maybe slow it down.
In a few years, we hope to have a hedge that looks like this one at Dunbar Gardens.
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