Yew Hedges The evergreen yews (Buxus) have been trees of mythology, history, and horticulture for more than two millennia. In the past, the wood had been used for constructing boxes, furniture, and long bows, and they were commonly grown in gardens as trees or hedges. Now they are used...
the lilac shadows of the vicar’s yews, the brook, a silver eel that snakes around the patient cows, mere dots of brown. Ed Hockey, bicycling from the town seems not to move. My mother’s washing line is pegged with people: Joan and Hetty billow out but Herb hangs limp and Vince ...