Interesting to contrast this with a BFI film from 1942 called “ Hedging” which shows a Northamptonshire local doing the job using the very basic- but effective tools of the time.
@Lane Kolton yea, have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D
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Seem to remember when I was 'hedging and ditching' in Bedfordshire I was paid by the 'chain'...those sticky-up taller trees in the middle of a hedge.....It was a 'chain' between each one....
I did hedgelaying a long time ago as part of my studies. I was so impressed I plan to have my own hedge to divide up my back garden one day. I just need to buy a larger garden for that though!
I like all the gear this guy is kitted out with! He's the Mad Max of the hedgerows! Helmet, leather vest, gloves, boots, chainsaw, multiple cutting tools, face mask, etc. Ready for World War III. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for posting this video. My father laid the hedges at our farm in Wales when I was a kid. I now live in Canada and would like to lay the hedge at the front of our property, figured it would be neat to have a little piece of home right here on the other side of the pond. Do you know if Canadian maple is suitable for laying? We also have a couple of birch trees along the front, but I'm probably going to leave them as specimens, given that they're likely too big to easily lay. I'd appreciate any advice you might be able to offer.
In the UK we often lay field maple which lays really well. I would have thought your Canadian maple would be similarly easy to lay as it is a close relative
Do you deliberately plant trees like willow or hazel along the site where the hedge is planned, and if so, how long after planting do you wait before cutting and bending them in to a hedge?
Thank you very much for this video! Not much info/knowledge here in the States on hedging, at least in my area. I will be starting my project from scratch come spring. What do you suggest for spacing initially? How long tall to I let them grown before laying?
It's a dying art here on the UK too. The farmers have largely abandoned hedges here and resort to fencing and just occasionally mowing down the existing hedge. It's been disastrous for for our ecology and actually causes them more work in the long run with having to constantly run down the existing hedge.
@@sh-hg4eg I want to learn how to do this here in the states just as a fun project more than a need for a fence. I love learning old-world methods and this seems so fun. Our state nursery sells osage orange seedlings and I thought it would be a fun project to try on a small plot on the property.
You can wiggle the axe or billhook in the joint of the cut to gently make the split, then you have more control when laying it, rather than it breaking.
They are also pretty beautiful imao and they help stoping erosion, they also slow down the wind. And as the other guys said they provide homes for a lot of animals, many of them endagered
