A hedge worth a fortune

A hedge worth a fortune

Lord Allen Apsley allocates each year 5 thousand. pounds for the care of a yew hedge, high on 12 meters. Hedge, who already has 300 Years, it is considered the tallest yew fence in Great Britain. Two people equipped with a lift are needed to clip it, who work for two days. Lord Apsley's annual expenditure on the maintenance of a yew hedge, to – trifle – 5 thousand. pounds – provided by the Zigonet portal. After a hedge is trimmed, there are close to a ton of branches left. 47-year lord, father of two, sells them to a pharmaceutical company. Extrakty cisu, called taxanes or taxoids are used in the composition of drugs used in chemotherapy.