If you are considering a windy site, provide some kind of windbreak; either a physical barrier fence, trees or shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [Geri Miller: Harvest-to-Glass: Planning and Planting Your Own Cocktail Garden] Reference
This tree is also used as a shade plant and as a windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
They are a windbreak in the summer, but a joke in the winter. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Uses include living fence (LF), windbreak (WB), intercropping. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
They may serve as a windbreak to prevent the drifting of sand. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921] Reference
Another question: How many rows of trees make a good windbreak?. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
He had then, when he stretched himself on the snow, a windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
I don't put any northern windbreak around any orchards I set out. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Mr. Whiting: This windbreak proposition is a question of locality. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
A windbreak can consist of trees and other plants of varying height. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
The farm forest also serves as a good windbreak for the farm buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The School Book of Forestry] Reference
Mr. Kellogg: Colorado spruce is too expensive to set out as a windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Various distances between windbreak and orchard were used and recommended. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
It is, perhaps, unnecessary to mention the value of a windbreak to a farm. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
"I think we'll just take a single tent, more as a windbreak," he remarked. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
I tell you location has more to do with it than a windbreak in such a case. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
It stood in flat paddocks, and it had a few trees around it as a windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
It is safe to say that a windbreak is effective in preventing evaporation for. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
Mr. Maher: I have never known the snow to do any hurt in a twenty row windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Right across the road from the house was a half-grown windbreak of golden willow. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Using the truck shell as a windbreak, Anna dragged the radio from under her jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
If you are in that locality the south windbreak is decidedly the most important of any. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The windbreak of pine and red oak, the weathered sheds and barn, the hayfields of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [“Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon”] Reference
Where the fruit trees were protected by a natural windbreak, we find the best conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The windbreak across the entrance had come loose at one end and was flapping in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Jondalar said, grabbing an end of the large hide that was supposed to have been a windbreak. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Whinney was accustomed to nosing aside a hide windbreak, and Ayla only had to show her once. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
One must remember, however, that a windbreak may also rob crops of light, water and nutrients. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
Then I would say the windbreak on the south, west and north are all of considerable importance. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
He pushed the windbreak aside, then his shoulders slumped and he changed his mind and walked back. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
It is used successfully as a windbreak and to stabilize sand dunes, and several of its products have high value. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Enthrina variegata, particularly the columnar variety, is widely used as a windbreak for soil and water conservation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Fergus raced up the gravel road leaving a grey dust cloud that hung over and slowly drifted into the windbreak pines. From Wordnik.com. [The Fergus Incident] Reference
This subspecies makes an ideal windbreak surrounding fields; its narrow crown shades less than other windbreak species. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
His voice took a higher pitch, and he added over his shoulder, as he started in the direction of the fire: "He made a windbreak of her.". From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
There were fig trees that made a background and a windbreak for the little house, and a huge magnolia tree stood not far from the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's] Reference
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