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Thank you for this essay, such an important topic to write about and for people to be aware of - that our rolling fields and hedgerows are actually an almost-desert. How wonderful it would be to know the forest may recover one day. And I loved the poem.

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Thanks so much Rebecca. Yes, it is something, well, an owners myth that needs calling out when you consider 50% loss in the same amount of years. And so glad you enjoyed the poem, thank you.

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This is my favourite article on Substack

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Thank you for your poem and your prose. We need to bring the life back into hedges and our fields.

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Thank you Fiona. I can think of a few not too far away from here that could do with it pretty soon...

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