Hedgelaying pics

[digga]

finally got back and finished this one ( posted some before pics on this thread ) would have liked to got a better line on the stakes but had a black pipe weaving its way down through the hedge making it harder than normal will try get some better pics when the top has been burnt up

[Rebel_Commando]

finally got back and finished this one ( posted some before pics on this thread ) would have liked to got a better line on the stakes but had a black pipe weaving its way down through the hedge making it harder than normal will try get some better pics when the top has been burnt up

 

Looks good

 

What style is that? One of the Welsh styles I think?...I do something similar but I'd have the angle of the stakes going the opposite way to the pleachers, helps to lock things in place a bit. Plus binders are optional and only do a single row if needed.

 

I struggle to get a good line to the stakes. Always seems to be a stem,root or big stone in the way!! lol

[digga]

south of england style brush both sides hard to get good pics as theres allot of top in the way lol may have some better pics if i look through them

[Rebel_Commando]

south of england style brush both sides hard to get good pics as theres allot of top in the way lol may have some better pics if i look through them

 

Thanks for the reply

 

The style I do is double brush too but half snedded both sides so to keep it at about a metre wide at the bottom but narrower at the top. That's to help stop too much snow collecting and collapsing the hedge. We get more snow up here than the tropical South

[alex_m]

Nice work

I'm currently learning the craft with some veterans of hedgelaying, north dorset style, i'll upload some pictures of my first attempt in a couple of weeks.

[digga]

thanks alex im sure you will enjoy learning it nice to take a rough hedge and get it back in shape first few are allways a bit nerve racking till you go back and see the

re growth

[Dorset Hedgelayer]

Just a couple before n afters, from today hopefully good weather to finish of and get some more tomorrow

[Matthew Arnold]

Just a couple before n afters, from today hopefully good weather to finish of and get some more tomorrow

 

Nice job there. Looks familiar to me for some reason.

[Dorset Hedgelayer]

Evening Matt, over Merely Way but back of know where, no paths about only through owners fields

[Matthew Arnold]

Evening Matt, over Merely Way but back of know where, no paths about only through owners fields

 

Ah ok. Not where i thought it was.