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Thanks for that link ColinF, so much to learn! For a change it actually looks like the right time of year to actually start repairing / restoring the hedges which is a result.

Thanks for the input and been and had a good rummage around some of the seed sellers and like the look of some of the beetle bank mixes for tussocky grass. Mix in some wild flowers and I reckon it will work nicely alongside the hedgerows. Talking of hedge rows, how do you "build up" ones that have been seriously overgrazed by sheep? Talking to mother in law and she isn't sure the sheep are even coming back, happy days!

Hi, I have access to a limited amount (about 17 acres) of rough pasture with a copse of trees and some broken up old hedge rows and a moderately sized copse of trees. The horses that used to graze the ground are now gone and occasionally we have sheep in for a few weeks at a time (but that is more like spring than through the season) I release birds for a bit of rough shooting and mainly for training the dogs but the sheep really over grazed the ground and things are looking a bit sparse currently. I could do with some suggestions for some fairly quick growing cover that is suitable for the ground I described above, obviously it can't be a proper crop as I have no means of either harvesting or ploughing it back in. I was thinking of types of fast growing grass maybe? I am open to suggestions. This is for a bit of fun and training for the dogs so it doesn't have to make "sense" but as the ground belongs to my mother in law I don't really want to put anything down that will harm the sheep if they come back next spring or that will require heavy work to keep tidy after the season is over. I already have a largish partridge pen up there that work very nicely last season. Forgot to add got 5 of those nice big quill top hat (http://www.quillproductions.co.uk/Quill-Feed-Bin-Kit-Green.html)feeders spread around Location is typically fairly damp Devon rolling hillside. Hope the above makes sense, if not I am sure I can clarify further. Many thanks, Mike