Fedge2

[spandit]

My well established willow fedge needed a trim and with a fraction of the trimmings, I planted another one, which will block our neighbour's view when we are swimming in the pond.

 

All the osier came from one particularly vigorous plant next door to my old house. Going to let the remaining rods dry to use as kindling, unless I can convince someone to take them

[peds]

Outstanding. This is the kind of quality content I pay my subscription fee for. 

 

I was talking about this sort of thing recently with @AHPP.  We were wondering if, given willow's enthusiasm for growing anytime, anywhere, is there any time of year that it isn't worth fedging? Because I have some I need to start, but it's always a question of squeezing another thing in in a busy schedule...

[spandit]

If it's wet, it'll grow.

[peds]

I know someone who planted with rods cut two years previous and forgotten about behind a shed. I've certainly had chunks of willow from the top of a log pile start rooting when they've been knocked off onto the ground.

[Stere]

I find it mildly depressing -  the craze to plant willow structures in schools, yet it seems beyond the pale for teachers and kids to  maintain them hence the paying of ground maintance people to trim theese willow tunnels.

 

I quoted the council to do one once they never replied....

 

Was planning to do it proper weaving in & tying down the whips  etc not just  trim off all the new growth.... quite time consuming for larger structures.

 

I reckoned 2  days work as was a  long tunnel....

 

Wouldn't take a whole classroom of kids long  maybe its a H&S thing ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 14 by Stere

[openspaceman]

4 hours ago, peds said:

Outstanding. This is the kind of quality content I pay my subscription fee for. 

 

I was talking about this sort of thing recently with @AHPP.  We were wondering if, given willow's enthusiasm for growing anytime, anywhere, is there any time of year that it isn't worth fedging? Because I have some I need to start, but it's always a question of squeezing another thing in in a busy schedule...

It's not only willow and poplar that strike roots from setts. A couple of years ago I reduced a privet hedge for a neighbour and decided to use some as stakes in a vain attempt to keep the dogs off the courgettes.

 

 

 

[spandit]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

I find it mildly depressing -  the craze to plant willow structures in schools, yet it seems beyond the pale for teachers and kids to  maintain them hence the paying of ground maintance people to trim theese willow tunnels.

 

I quoted the council to do one once they never replied....

 

Was planning to do it proper weaving in & tying down the whips  etc not just  trim off all the new growth.... quite time consuming for larger structures.

 

I reckoned 2  days work as was a  long tunnel....

 

Wouldn't take a whole classroom of kids long  maybe its a H&S thing ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My wife planted a willow tunnel at a primary school and the little shits have yanked it all out of the ground

[Rich Rule]

5 hours ago, peds said:

I know someone who planted with rods cut two years previous and forgotten about behind a shed. I've certainly had chunks of willow from the top of a log pile start rooting when they've been knocked off onto the ground.

A mate of mine down Crawley way took a load back from a job.

 

Stuck them in the ground about a metre apart and made a nice plan with side routes and run offs.  Within a couple of years he had pleached or platted the tops together and made a mini tunnel network in his garden.  The kids loved playing in there.

[AHPP]

8 hours ago, peds said:

Outstanding. This is the kind of quality content I pay my subscription fee for. 

 

I was talking about this sort of thing recently with @AHPP.  We were wondering if, given willow's enthusiasm for growing anytime, anywhere, is there any time of year that it isn't worth fedging? Because I have some I need to start, but it's always a question of squeezing another thing in in a busy schedule...

 

Do you remember when I said I was going to do it the next day...

[peds]

"A" next day, not "the" next day.