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Thanks for that grannyannie, nut here the squirrels would get first try at anything.They had all my acorns and the cob nuts last year.
Heard they are for the table as well. Not sure if youneed to get a nut stuffing for bulking them out. At least You can eat a topic without fear of any squirrel in it.
That smell is not as bad as the pheasant I used to do in the butchers for christmas.Now that smell did make me feel unwell.Bet the squirrels had a nutty smell to them :o
There's a cultural dimension too. Enclosure hedges were often exclusively hawthorn - it was a legal condition. It was also equally traditional to gap up hedges with whatever came to hand and a bit of invasion would create a little diversity, but there's a strong cultural argument for planting hawthorn only if you're renovating an original enclosure hedge. Personally I think the argument's too precious and even for an enclosure hedge I think it's legitimate to replant with a wildlife-friendly mix of species as a modern take on the original.