Country Cousins
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 ENESCO 2 COUNTRY COUSINS 1981 1987 FIGURINES AND KNEELING GIRL PATTING HER DOLL $14.99 Time Remaining: 9h 4m |
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 Enesco Country Cousins Sitting in Rocking Chairs Katie Skip $8.99 Time Remaining: 23d 22h 23m Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
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 1983 Enesco Country Cousins Ballerina Sarah Kneeling Stretching $10.00 Time Remaining: 26d 11h 53m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
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 1983 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE KATE WASHING HER HORSE W BRUSH BUCKET $13.90 Time Remaining: 4d 3h Buy It Now for only: $13.90 |
 Enesco 1982 Country Cousins Boy Scooter in Raincoat $2.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 45m |
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 4 ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURES KATIE IN 4 DIFFERENT POSITIONS LOT A $5.99 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 48m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 Country Cousins Enesco GIRL CARRYING FIREWOOD $5.99 Time Remaining: 1h 39m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
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 Country Cousins Katie and Scooter on Pigs $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 32m |
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 Porcelain SCOOTER Snow Skier Country Cousins ENESCO 1983 $9.99 Time Remaining: 22d 14h 13m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
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 Enesco Country Cousins Summer fun Basseball Lemonade $21.99 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 8m |
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 Vintage Enesco Country Cousins Figurine Katie Straw Hat Figurine Cute w wheelbar $3.00 Time Remaining: 2d 8h 20m |
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 1981 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE KATE FEEDING A LAMB 1 OF MANY LISTED $8.16 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 55m Buy It Now for only: $8.16 |
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 Enesco Country Cousins SCOOTER ON TRACTOR 304974 $14.99 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 53m Buy It Now for only: $16.99 |
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 1982 Vintage Enesco Country Cousins Figurine Kate Wearing A Yellow Raincoat $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 36m |
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 ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS PIGTAILED GIRL ON METAL SKATES $10.95 Time Remaining: 25d 8h 13m Buy It Now for only: $10.95 |
 Country Cousins Dressed For Rain or Snow Enesco 1982 $9.95 Time Remaining: 26d 2h 27m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
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 Country Cousins Sarah in Choir Outfit $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
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 2 Vtg Enesco Country Cousins Sarah brunette Girl Gathering Eggs Teaching $9.50 Time Remaining: 7d 9h 35m Buy It Now for only: $9.50 |
 1980 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS IN SNOW SLED FIGURINE KATE SCOOTER $13.90 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 32m Buy It Now for only: $13.90 |
 Country Cousins Skip in Choir Outfit $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
 COUNTRY COUSINS ENESCO 1981 BOY BASEBALL PITCHER $9.99 Time Remaining: 8d 13h 16m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 1987 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS ON FLYING SAUCER SNOW SLED FIGURINE SCOOTER $13.90 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 35m Buy It Now for only: $13.90 |
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 Enesco Country Cousins Katie Scooter Leap Frog Summer $11.99 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 54m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 Country Cousins Scooter in Choir Outfit $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
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 Country Cousins Cousins Holding Hands 1980 $12.95 Time Remaining: 9d 14h 49m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
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 Country Cousins Scooter I Love MOM $6.00 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
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 Enesco Country Cousins Sarah Little Girl Kneeling w Teddy Bear in Pajamas PJs $7.12 Time Remaining: 7d 9h 36m Buy It Now for only: $7.12 |
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 Country Cousins Katie in Choir Outfit $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
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 Enesco Country Cousins Blonde little Girl Katie in Graduation Cap Gown $7.12 Time Remaining: 7d 9h 35m Buy It Now for only: $7.12 |
 Country Cousins Blonde Boy in Blue Coveralls Cap w Christmas Present 1983 $14.99 Time Remaining: 2d 19h 19m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 1980 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE SCOOTER LOOKING AT HIS TOES DINNER BELL $10.62 Time Remaining: 4d 4h 56m Buy It Now for only: $10.62 |
 Enesco Country Cousins List over 750 listed Picture $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 54m |
 1983 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE SCOOTER DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS PAPER BOY $8.16 Time Remaining: 4d 4h 29m Buy It Now for only: $8.16 |
 1983 Enesco Country Cousins Polly Doing Gymnastics Stretches with Original Box $9.95 Time Remaining: 18d 6h 12m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Enesco Country Cousins Skip 1982 Football Helmet Blue Overalls Blonde $10.39 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 32m Buy It Now for only: $10.39 |
 Enesco COUNTRY COUSINS Decorating Christmas Tree FIGURINE 1980 BEAUTY $4.99 Time Remaining: 5d 11h 48m |
 1986 Enesco Country Cousins Polly and Sarah in Bubble Bathtub w Original Box $9.95 Time Remaining: 18d 6h 50m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1982 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE SCOOTER BIRTHDAY W HAT PRESENT $7.34 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 23m Buy It Now for only: $7.34 |
 1985 Enesco Country Cousins Katie Going Hiking with Stick $9.95 Time Remaining: 18d 6h 50m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Enesco Country Cousins Sarah Little brunette Girl in blue dress Yours Truly $7.12 Time Remaining: 7d 9h 35m Buy It Now for only: $7.12 |
 ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS UNIQUE MUSICIAN FIGURINES 1987 $14.99 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 40m |
 Country Cousins Sarah Holding Valentine Heart Ballet Ballerina Enesco 1991 NIB $15.00 Time Remaining: 19d 6h 28m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 Vintage 1983 I LOVE YOU Enesco COUNTRY COUSINS Valentines BOY Figure MIB $13.99 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 54m Buy It Now for only: $13.99 |
 Enesco Country Cousins Sarah Little brunette Girl in blue dress w Easter Basket $7.12 Time Remaining: 7d 9h 35m Buy It Now for only: $7.12 |
 Enesco Country Cousins Katie and Scooter on Sled 1980 $4.99 Time Remaining: 1d 13h 22m |
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 1982 VTG ENESCO COUNTRY COUSINS FIGURINE SCOOTER CAT GOING 2 SCHOOL BACKPACK BKS $8.16 Time Remaining: 4d 5h 59m Buy It Now for only: $8.16 |
 Enesco Country Cousins NIB Two Scooter Ornaments 1985 $5.00 Time Remaining: 27d 5h 30m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
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Choosing and Planting Country or Native Hedging
If you want to plant a country (or native) hedge, the time is nigh! The hedge planting season is nearly on us as it runs from November to March which is when most hedging plants are either fully or partially dormant and can be moved with the least upset. If you have not already done so, you need to decide on the type of hedge you want, prepare the ground accordingly and then plant.
Your choice is really between a single species hedge and a mixed one. Hawthorn is the most popular choice for a single species hedge. It is tough and thorny. Other single variety hedge plants for country planting are beech, hornbeam, blackthorn and hazel.
Mixed hedges tend to be about 50% hawthorn and 4 or 5 other species chosen from a list that includes blackthorn, crab apple, hazel, field maple, dogwood, one of the wild roses and a native viburnum such as Wayfaring Tree. This mixed hedging has the great merit of variety in terms of flower, fruit, bark, leaf and habitat.
Country hedging is generally grown from slim, branchless plants known as whips. They are branchless because it makes handling, planting, pruning and protecting them from rabbits withs canes and spirals much simpler. Knowing what they look like makes preparation easier.
Kill all weeds (including grass) where the hedge is to be planted. In dry springs and summers, any greenery around the hedge will compete for moisture. At best the hedge will grow slowly, at worst it will die. A glyphos based spray is extremely effective (follow the instructions) or you can use mulching fabric which smothers the weeds. Don't dig the soil. That is right, do not dig the soil.
Hedge plants are best procured when they are bare-rooted. Although this means they have no soil around their roots, they do establish and grow away in the spring. All bare-rooted stock is grown in open ground rather than in containers. Plants grown in this way tend to be stronger, taller and straighter (important in a hedge plant) than their potted cousins.
Country hedge plants such as hawthorn, blackthorn, dog rose, field maple, hazel and dogwood all prefer to be slit planted. Push a narrow spade straight down into the ground. Push the handle forward, opening a slit in the soil. Take the spade out, put the plant roots in and tread the slit closed. Planted! If you can pull the plant out easily using your forefinger and thumb, you did not tread hard enough.
Plant in two rows, about 40 cms apart at five plants per metre. That is actually three plants per metre in each row but you offset the rows so you create a zig zag effect. Finish off bu cutting your precious plants down to 15-20 cms tall. It is a bit like pruning a rose. In spring, 2 or four dormant buds below the cut will start growing and make the negining of a bush.
In the following winter, cut each if these new growths back by half. The same thing happens again, and 18 months after planting you have a double row of bushes each with 12-15 branches or 60-70 branches per metre and that is what makes a dense hedge.
That is the last severe cut you will need to make. Trim the side branches whenever you feel like it and let the hedge grow to the height you want. Then just run a hedgetrimmer along the top and its done. Five years after planting it will be stock proof (and people proof). Ten years after that, when your neighbours are replacing their expensive fencing you will smile gently at a beautiful hedge that has at least another century ahead of it!
About the Author
Shaun Parker is an authority on all matters to do with hedges, shrubs and trees. To find out more about hedges go to http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk