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Is it safe to cut hedges now?

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  • 29-06-2007 7:14pm
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    Alfasudcrazy
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    Have a 'wild' - as in natural hedge adjacent to my property and was thinking of doing a bit of trimming to it but am afraid some birds may still be nesting so not sure if its a good idea.

    Might wait for its rich crop of blackberries but wanted to know anyway. :confused:


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    mike65
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    Nope leave it till August, I have a large prickly bush in my back garden and its a hive of bird life right now.

    Mike.


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    Tabitharose
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    you also need to be aware of the possibility of cats having kittens in under hedges - I have heard of some horrific accidents when people simply did not know that there might be kittens there....

    as far as I know from a gardening point of view, I have been told that Autumn is the best time to do it anyways


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    Laura~
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    I saw Kildare Co. Council out cutting hedges on the Athgarvan Road last weekend with a huge official orange and black sign on the road saying "Hedge Cutting in progress". Only 2 or 3 days earlier I was listening to Kildare FM saying that it was illegal to cut hedges until the autumn on their gardening program.


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    golden
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    County Councils always do it around this time and yes it is illegal but then perhaps they co co are looking at it in a safety perspective where the hedge is infringing sight of oncoming traffic.


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    8k2q1gfcz9s5d4
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    if it is a wild hedge and needs to be cut with a big machine i.e. a tractor, it can only be cut beteen 1st oct and 31st march


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    tampopo
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    yeah, there are two laws relating to cutting hedges. one is you cannot cut hedges during the summer/nesting season. The other, allows cc's to cut hedges if there's a health and safety concern, e.g. country roads etc.


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