The Dead Hedge

Poisonous plants, and grass

I've been going on about hedges and fences in this newsletter for ages, now things are starting to take shape. We had a pile of olive cuttings left over from the October harvest, the sheep having kindly removed all the leaves for us. My plan was to burn the pile into charcoal, but on Friday I experimented in a moment of inspiration.

It was a holiday, so …