I WAS delighted to read the observations of someone so young as Matthew Hitchiner speaking up for the trees (Readers' Times, March 18) and I concur wholeheartedly with his objections to cutting hedges with mechanical blades.
Not only does this have a most detrimental effect on wildlife, but is an assault on the senses.
Fortunately, in rural locations of Powys and Warwickshire I see increasing recognition of the value of hedge-laying.
JOHN SPRAGG,
Howey, Powys.
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