French Hedges, or rather the lack of them!

[FG.]

Which one ? There's 14 !

Hmm... i dont recall clearly, some sort of university hospital.
I was a little worse for wear, after meeting a herd of cattle grazing the road.

 

[czechmate]

Miles of frigging hedges on my place

 

[ollie989898]

You have to remember that France has been the site of a lot of battles, often protracted ones and of course timber is normally in great demand during a war. I still think it is an amazing place.

 

[Matthew Britton]

Bocage areas were very similar to Southern England, before England encouraged removal of hedges ~
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocage#/media/File:Bocage_country_at_Cotentin_Peninsula.jpg

A different history within each part of France.

I live in the Bocage Bourbonnais, we have loads of hedges and have to look after them as they are what makes the region what it is. As you say France changes massively and often in quite a short drive. Half hour in any direction from here and the topography is completely different.

 

[Matthew Britton]

Miles of frigging hedges on my place

Same here. Not got a field without a hedge. Good job I am getting my other half trained on the hedge cutter!

 

[czechmate]

Same here. Not got a field without a hedge. Good job I am getting my other half trained on the hedge cutter!

I’ve always hated hedge trimming

 

[glasshouse]

Currently driving from Calais to the alps, just past Dijon.

There are bugger all hedges anywhere. Odd pockets of woodland but huge swaths of open ground all heavily cultivated. Most seems to be traditional plough based agri.

are French farmers not vilified like us for not having more hedges ??


I thought the French where into direct drilling far more??

no livestock to speak of yet though I know this is mainly an arable are.

crops look well






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The french aristocracy started enclosing land with hedges and evicting peasants on the english model and ended up with their heads chopped off.

 

[Matthew Britton]

I’ve always hated hedge trimming

Me too, hence I am hoping Lucie will take over!

 

[Farmer Roy]

The Colonists tried to introduce hedges here initially, thank Fuch that idea never took off

 

[7610 super q]

You have to remember that France has been the site of a lot of battles, often protracted ones and of course timber is normally in great demand during a war. I still think it is an amazing place.

Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.

 

[JP1]

I live in the Bocage Borbonais, we have loads of hedges and have to look after them as they are what makes the region what it is. As you say France changes massively and often in quite a short drive. Half hour in any direction from here and the topography is completely different.

Nice. I like Nevers too

 

[Matthew Britton]

Nice. I like Nevers too

Just 30 mins north of us. It is a nice city as cities go.

 

[czechmate]

Nice. I like Nevers too

are there many hedges in Nice?

 

[JP1]

are there many hedges in Nice?

No not in either sense of the word.

 

[Qman]

The Morvan National Park is a great area to see trees and hedges, it is south of Auxerre.

 

[andybk]

The Morvan National Park is a great area to see trees and hedges, it is south of Auxerre.

and watch out for the wolves , kers are killing sheep all the time in that park .

 

[bobk]

One thing the french do well is harvest wood , whereas we hug it or let fall over .

 

[steveR]

I’ve always hated hedge trimming

An expensive and rather pointless pastime in many ways....

 

[le bon paysan]

and watch out for the wolves , kers are killing sheep all the time in that park .

And your lot want to reintroduce the bloody things

 

[steveR]

One thing the french do well is harvest wood , whereas we hug it or let fall over .

Indeed.

I remember visiting an aquaintance 30km West of Grenoble. VERY rural up in the Hills, very lovely area and a little Hamlet. Every farmstead had wood stores like a small mountain. Then I saw his "Range"... take split wood 2ft long.

Folk rightly say, we have some stunning scenery here in Blighty, but what really elevates France for me, is the low population density once you are away from the cities, and TBH, they are not my chosen spot!!