It wouldn't do to fight plants with brick - remember what the Ents did to Isengard. You've got to fight like with like. I see the Hedge as "tame plants", rather like keeping a watchdog outside to keep the foxes away.
I wonder if the Hedge suffered any while Sharkey held sway in the Shire?
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door
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