When I moved into the home where I live the previous owner had planted a hedge and it was never taken out. Every spring it needs a trim to have reasonably clean lines. After the August holiday, it will need a little trim to keep the lines remaining clean. The hedge is of sufficient age and is firmly established which means as the weather rains or the sun shines the hedge will grow and invariably it will need a trim.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, ideally the companies you own make money through throughout the year, whether it rains or shine, profits continue. You just have to collect the dividends along the way. The trim can be linked to ensuring the profits do continue by doing your homework on the company. The stock price will go up and down, but if the company continues to be profitable and can pay its dividend, there is little you have to do but watch the hedge grow

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions