Extreme hedging at its finest

If you're afraid of heights, be advised! 10/15/19 What It's Like to Trim the Biggest Hedges in the United Kingdom It takes Dan Bull, a gardener at Powis Castle and Gardens, eight weeks to trim all the hedges on the historic property in Welshpool, Wales. That might sound like "shear" madness, but before the advent of cutting tools powered by electricity and gas, a team of 10 gardeners spent four months hacking excess growth away by hand with scythes. One of the property's 400 year-old hedges stands 55 feet tall, and Bull dangles from a cherry picker to groom it! This is extreme gardening at its finest. Searching for Sacred Fruit in Italy Italian farmer Michele Cirelli might just grow the most sought-after fruit in the world. He grows citrons, called etrog in Hebrew, a delicate fruit that is an important symbol in the Jewish celebration of Sukkot every autumn. But he doesn't grow your average citrus fruit. Nestled amid the mountains of Calabria, Italy, Michele's farm has the perfect climate to grow citron, and his family's 60-year tradition of growing this special fruit yields perfectly sized, blemish-free etrogs year after year. That's why Rabbis travel from all over the world to harvest his flawless, sacred citrus fruit. This Great Big Story was inspired by Genesis. Seeing the Dominican Republic from Mount Isabel de Torres This is peak Dominican Republic. We're talking about Mount Isabel de Torres. Whether you hike your way up, or take the cable car, it really doesn't matter. What matters is that you reach the top of this Dominican Republic destination. From this vantage point, 2,600 feet above sea level, you can take in sweeping views of the city of Puerto Plata and the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean.  This Great Big Story was made possible by GoDominicanRepublic.  View this email in your browser.  Copyright © 2019 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list