There are plenty of vids on YT these days that deal with this topic , sadly many of them are done by complete clowns who purport to be experts but know very little about the subject . This guy is different . He is the real deal , and well worth listening to
That’s an awesome looking bit of work. What a skill. I’m trying to teach myself how to do it. I am improving but I can totally understand why they say you can only call yourself a hedge layer after doing miles of it. I might need to do that and a bit more.
What a great video..was a real treat to watch ..agree totally about the peaceful side of using hand tools..unfortunately it seems that far too many landowners want things done quickly and don't have the patience to wait.. that being said at least there's a resurgence going on..
@@busyonthefarm Good for you. You should add some Washington Hawthorns to the hedge. They produce a lot of berries. I have one planted in my yard as a stand-alone tree - can hardly wait 'til it starts producing fruit.
I have been planting a couple of hundred yards of thorn hedges for the last couple of years and the older ones need to be layed before the fence rots out so I found this very informative thanks for doing it. Regards from Wicklow
Midlands bullock is nice I think people like the binders as they finish it off and frame it well but other styles such as Stafford style is nice and worth a look also can have heathering on the top as well
Thanks Sondra .. it's one of those special things to do on a farm , when you see the new growth comming especially out of old hedge roots it is really quite special !
Hi. I really enjoyed your your little video. My name is Peter, and I'm looking forward to giving hedge laying a go around my land, in Cookstown, this Autumn. I did a days training at Loughry Campus in February past. If you want to give me a hand your more than welcome. 🙃😊
Today I cleared a thicket of raspberry and wineberry thorns to get to some mulberry to prune. Every plant will grow back thicker and with more vitality. I did it with a scythe, and pruners. Thats it. I have a bit of hedge material now and I am thinking I might try this. I am in America, so nobody does this that I know of. If they do, it sounds like it'd be a New England sort of thing... ?
Hi Ivan. Your car needing two front springs. Question did it fail M.O.T first and they told you they were broke? Were both broke or was one fine but u replaced both anyway. Love the vids
Driving one day there was a bang .. then there was another bang and tinkle tinkle a week or so later .. I assumed that there were 2 broken springs, I ordered two but when i took the second strut out it was ok .. you can't see the top of the spring when it in the car and didn't want it to fail , just replaced one.. best to replace both but I may get rid of it as it is in the 500 pound road tax! .. The suspension was so low it was obvious the spring was gone so fixed it first then up to mot and straight through.. Woo Hoo !
Yes, put a cut in the living stem, at the bottom, low down to the ground. Cut two thirds into the stem, and leave 1 third attached. This weakness in the stem allows you to bend it over more easily, but keeping 1/3 attached means the plant carries on living. Where you make the cut, you'll eventually get lots of new growth coming, which is why it's important to make the cut as low down to the ground as possible. New growth coming from a low down cut is almost as good as planting a load of new plants directly in to the soil. In some ways maybe even better, as they benefit from the existing plants established root system.
