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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:23 am 
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Have pasture & hay field east of garden area. I would like to add a hedgerow that would block wind and serve to control grasshoppers. Also want to attract birds and have eatable berries. Does anyone have knowledge in this area.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:53 pm 
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You may have better luck in another forum besides this one which is for pest and disease problems. :wink:************************************
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************************* :oops: I did not read that post very well, did I. You did give reference to grasshoppers which can be a bit of a pest. Kindly pardon me.

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Yaupon makes a dense hedge and the robins love the red berries in the winter.


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I almost hate to suggest it, but the rough leaf dogwood that seems to grow so well in this area will form a dense stand over several years. I don't know that it will help with hopper problems, but the birds to love the berries that ripen this time of year. It is not a fast to establish species, but once it gets a foothold, it's very difficult to control, especially along a creek. I have a dense stand of it along a back fence, and it's a pretty impassable area. You don't have to do anything to it (ie water or fertilize), and you just can't kill it if you try (take my word for this), lol.


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Oh, I forgot to mention, you can have all the berries to use for seed that you want. I have an area that I cut back to the ground every winter, and by the next Fall, it's going crazy again. It grows pretty fast, it just doesn't spread rapidly for the first few years.


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In addition to the above suggestions, you might try Eastern red cedar and wax myrtle for a wind break, along with many other NE Texas native plants for diversity. A good mix of plants will provide food and shelter for birds throughout the year.

Bluebird boxes are also great for insect control.


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