Willow harvest 20-21. Harvesting willow for basket making by hand. 

This video is beautiful in every way. I'm from the North East Coast of Ireland and recently moved into a little cottage that was built in 1795, it has an 8 acre forest at the back and it has willow bordering the entire area, you've inspired me to begin basket weaving. Thank you so much for all you videos, your a very talented lady.

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I love the look of the reddish looking willow

Great video!! I'm a novice willow grower and it's been SO tricky to learn the traditional ways around harvesting, so I've been picking up information from various sources over the years and learning through trial and error; this video definitely filled in a few blanks for me. Your videos really get detailed and you explain so much... thank you! And I'm also amazed at how beautiful the willow looks, both pre and post harvest. Those colors, wow!

Getting back into farming. Had a successful microfarm when I was in college, and fell out of it after discovering how much money you make bartending. Lol I never considered farming Willow, but I absolutely love the idea of adding this to the list.

Greetings Hanna, lovely and well done videos! I'm off grid in the central-northern aspen/boreal forest of Saskatchewan. Lots of natural willow around and many other species I look forward to learn how to use. Thank you for your efforts

Those willows have so beautiful colours!

Thank you for generously sharing your vast willow knowledge, Hannah. What a lovely video.

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Very interesting! I love everything willow. Such an amazing art! Thanks for sharing ❣

Your beds look amazing! I'm in the middle of planting my first bed (okay I've only planted 4 out of 100 cuttings)

The color variations are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your process!

Thank you for sharing, so calming and beautiful.

Thank you so much Hannah. Well done. Hard work by yourselves. So satisfying to see your harvest with all its beautiful colours, safely gathered...I'm so looking forward to getting my bit of land to grow my own willow. You're my inspiration! Sara : )

What a wonderful video. I really enjoyed it.

The variety of colors is amazing! Donkeys are great for clean up. My two are working a meadow now.

Thank you! It is easier to understand what I have been reading about growing and harvesting willow.

Thank you, very precise and cleanly done. I enjoyed this immensely.

Wow Beautiful Colors!!

Question - if we were growing willow for making fences and structures, would it be best to just weave them straight away into fences or structures so that they dry in place? Also, what's the best variety for making wattle fences? Love that I found your channel!

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Hanna, So very interesting and beautiful! Thank you for sharing your story, I'm looking forward to watching previous episodes. Be well. Sincerely, Linda. California,USA

Wow! 😍

That's so beautiful

Thank you. This was helpful, especially the descriptions of freshly harvested and dried willow. I finished a willow harvest this week and have put the bundles in my barn loft to dry. I left a few stems on the stools to cut in early Spring and use for more plantings. I'd love to find some of the orange and purple willows you have. They are lovely.

Your willow beds are so peaceful. Thank you !

Get yourself some long/extending handle secateurs, so you can cut without bending. It'll save your back from aching.😉

Fabulous video. Thank you!!

thank you so much for the subtitles in Russian. there is very little information about willow twig weaving. we have all the videos about cooked. and I want to weave from the living. thanks for the video!🥰🥰🥰

Quite a very nice video, well done!

Soo how the heck can I get willow to try and make a basket?!?! I’m only a few minutes into the video and I must say willow looks incredible and I want to know more

super excelente muito top adorei a construção, obrigado por compartilhar

This was amazing, I found your channel looking up how to shape trees and stumbled upon your willow fence, I'm definitely subscribing, thank you for how informative your videos are!

you have a beautiful nature in those parts, even here in Italy nature gives beautiful emotions

What a blessing of Willow you have there! Your willow beds are really coming into their own for you! Here, they are producing but nowhere near the success you are having. Hey did you successfully get rid of those pests that showed up in your willow a while back? Here I am moving willow beds looking for better locations on my property. Well, they all are staying in place, but cutting and using those cuttings to plant other places in hopes of finding that sweet spot on our property.

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Thank you, lovely video. Just checking as I have my first year's crop done and cut. Should it be left for two years or will the stumps get more productive year by year? Thanks one more, inspirational.😃

Thank you for sharing the harvesting process. When you turn out your donkeys to graze on the grass around the willow stools do they not graze on the willow also?

I’ve seen some of your other videos where you talk about making your initial cut at waist or chest height to make harvesting easier on your back. What lessons have you learned and what do you think is the ideal height for the first cut?

I'm planting my first willows tomorrow! Starting with 4 varieties, we'll how they go. It'll take a year or two before I can start weaving but I'm excited nonetheless.

Great videos ❤ I notice several different colors of the willow could you explain the different types you have ? What kind of projects have you finished ❤

I love this post as I’ll be planting some willow myself soon so thank you. By the way I’m intrigued by your accent I can hear the Irish ’lilt’But it sounds like there’s another accident underneath it? Could you tell me as I’m curious? :-)😊

Hi Hanna, I so adore your videos- thank you so much for this! I saw a conversation between a number of people in your facebook group talking about their willow going moldy when it was drying. Can you speak to this? Do you ever have this problem, or is the amount of air flow in your barn/ shed and the way bundles aren't tied too tight and are dried with some space between the bundles enough to avoid this? Can it be used once it has gone moldy? A thousand thank you's! 💓🙏🏼✨

Question I want to make willow for garden edging walls and I thought you make from willow tree but in your video you have rows of willow . Is willow from trees different from how you grow willow?

I am also harvesting my small willow bed at this time. Somes of my osiers are branching. Is there a way to prevent this? Can I trim off the side branches and still use them for weaving? How long can willow be stored once it is dry? Thank you for showing how to manage the willow trees.

I have a small bed of willow and not much drying space. I do have a large unheated greenhouse, Is that a good place to dry or would it be too sunny? I don't let it get hot as I do grow cold hardy veg over the winter.

I really love that song in the beginning of the video. Do you happen to know what it’s called or who it’s from?

All this willow business is interesting, do you strip off the bark? I'll probably find out in another video but i'm curious if you have any uses for the bark and i'm wondering if you dress the willow pieces into a uniform size before making making baskets or creels? Don't rush to answer i'm gonna watch more videos from Hanna Van Willow, probably tomorrow.

In your experience, what is your preferred height of the willow stubs? It must be so much easier to harvest if the stumps are taller? Why not one meter high?

Hi hannah I have just started watching your video what country are you in

Are they all the same species of willow that change colors when dried or different ones that produce different colors?

Hi hanna thanks for the video can I ask can you weave with fresh cut willow or is it best dried first

Are those little willow trees? Sorry my ignorance. I don’t know if those are the trees or another plant. Thanks!❤

I have never seen this thing. Can it grow here in Malaysia?

Are these the same as willow weeping trees?

May I ask what species you are growing? I had no idea there were so many different kinds!??? Thank you for sharing this! Blessings be all ~

What is that stone you are using for sharpening?

Beautiful video thank you. I have used plastic matting but will try your technique of mulching with cut rushes and cardboard. Having higher stools is also very appealing for harvesting and I will try this too. I wanted to ask your thoughts.... I cut my willow in the first year as I was impatient, but wish now that I had left it for two years before the first cutting. Some of the ones that aren't doing well I am going to leave this year and cut next year in the hope the plant will get stronger... have you any experience of this, giving the plant a break from cutting? Some species are doing well and I don't know if it's just perhaps that certain species suit the conditions here, or maybe the quality of cuttings was better initially. And also, my second question for you, when harvesting this year some of the tips of the rods had died. And I was discarding those. However, I guess they die when they are cut and dried anyway. I wondered if maybe when they don't grow so well on the stem, the quality will be reduced for weaving? Thanks again! we are big fans of your videos.

Are you making farmers weaving basket backpacks

Holy cow that’s a lot of willow. I’m wanting to grow a tiny patch for my own therapeutic use. How long do cuttings take to grow before you can harvest?

New to your channel.. was looking for stuff around my house and in woods I could find to make different things.. Do you sell bundles of willow branches?

Hi Hana, I love your videos! Please can you tell me if I still have time to harvest for weaving? I am in the south of Scotland.

I want to buy living willow for making art tree. I need more info

What kind of willow is that ty

Cand trebuie adunate aceste bete? In care luna?

Where is this variety usually grown??

What willow varieties do you have with the lovely red and purple colors?

I need some dat stuff! Why's it so dang spensive :(

W ant to see your willow boiling and skin removing process, we r also related same tradition in indian J&k.

hey! have you come across any willows with white bark? either dried or live will work, would love something like that!

What variety of willow is this? Can I use weeping willow branches?

How long do you soak dry willow before weaving?

Hello Can they grow in Africa as well? I would like to grow them in kenya.

How do you maintain the willow fence?

I only just found your channel through this video and subscribed. Wondering if there are other videos where you go over all of your willow varieties etc. They are such beautiful plants really.

Hanna is there any trick to stop the donkeys munching on the willow as they graze the grass in between?

Wow! I had no idea! In the States, all I've seen are the huge weeping willow trees up north and they've got hybrid willows down here in Florida (which I really dislike and I'd never seen until a couple of years ago) and I had always wondered how in the world people got all of those willow branches cut down from the trees, LOL! I could just picture people using tall ladders or climbing the trees and trying to cut the willow switches. I admire your hard work and determination, but I do believe as old as I am and disabled to boot, I'll stick with bananas, bamboo, lilies, cattails, palmetto and flax.

I feel like you could really benefit from some battery operated electric shears

What is your accent? It sounds like a cross between southern Irish and Geordie with a touch of Dutch (no offence meant).

Do you sell cuttings in Europe??

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I like your videos but the music is too loud. And mostly unnecessary. Would be okay if it was in just a few spots. Its relaxing just to watch the work and listen to the sounds of the work and the outdoor sounds.

If you sharpen you must be gentle. Like with a woman. Felco is not a low-grade tool. You can use a file with a smooth grade.