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Grants for laying hedging and tree planting

Killer K · 2022-02-08 21:42:46

I have approx 5 acres of cut away bog on the side of a hill and plan to plant trees and hedging all along the boundary fences. I like downy birch and will mix this in with the hedging. I am not a farmer but doing it as a hobby and for environmental reasons. Are there any grants available or anywhere I can get the trees and…

08-02-2022 10:42PM

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Killer K

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I have approx 5 acres of cut away bog on the side of a hill and plan to plant trees and hedging all along the boundary fences. I like downy birch and will mix this in with the hedging.
I am not a farmer but doing it as a hobby and for environmental reasons. Are there any grants available or anywhere I can get the trees and hedging for free? Plan to start planting at the end of the month.
Don't necessarily want to plant the whole 5 acres as want the flexibility to put in a couple of sheep and goats to graze in future.

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#2 09-02-2022 10:39AM

blue5000

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Look up 1 million trees in 1 day on line. Not sure if they are still doing it this year, but the trees were free.

If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.

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