Fences

A gardener has picked this year's grape crop, reporting that lower vines produced little because they were only planted in the past year after the fence was redone and everything trimmed back last fall. The harvest did not fill a full bin, but they say there will be plenty for a dozen or more jars of homemade grape juice.

Camera traps placed across solar fields in the Netherlands recorded more hares and hedgehogs than in neighbouring grasslands, suggesting the fenced energy sites can double as wildlife habitat. The findings add to debate over whether solar parks can support biodiversity while generating renewable power.

A traveller passing through Humansdorp in South Africa's Eastern Cape shared photographs from a road trip, singling out a Christ Thorn tree whose colour, they noted, matched the nearby fence posts. The post was shared with travel and photography tags. The remark about the colour match gave the images their appeal.

A gardener reports that an arbutus tree once described as little has grown to roughly 12 feet tall. They are training it to grow a long trunk beside a fence before it branches out above it, calling it a beast but beautiful. They share their affection for arbutus trees while tackling a garden chore for the day.