tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664117729915063890.post8004901795964002715..comments2023-03-29T14:11:14.795-03:00Comments on Occidental Acres: The art of hedge laying...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664117729915063890.post-89796287021004912572012-09-11T16:49:52.791-03:002012-09-11T16:49:52.791-03:00Sadly the SK gov't got rid of the Shelterbelt ...Sadly the SK gov't got rid of the Shelterbelt program this year, I believe. I did check into it - but you also had to actually have a farm (no kiddin')!<br /><br />My sister's boyfriend's family has a farm, and volunteered to get us some plants, but alas the program had already been discontinued! This is sad for us, but even more so for SK farmers who need shelter from the constant winds.<br />Elle Esshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195646354958968052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6664117729915063890.post-26830721004332515502012-09-11T14:00:27.425-03:002012-09-11T14:00:27.425-03:00Saskatchewan has a similar program for farmers in ...Saskatchewan has a similar program for farmers in an effort to create windbreaks and prevent soil erosion, although it's a mish mosh of foliage that includes lilacs, elms, apple trees, etc. Here's a little tip I learned from a farmer friend: if you contact them on the last day of the program and say "if you have any extra trees you need to get rid of, let me know" you may just find yourself with several thousand plants... for free. Thus proving the old adage that you can, indeed, have too much of a good thing.Gilsnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780164249587772628noreply@blogger.com