150m neglected hedge -Advice on best tools

[Eddy_t]

Leave some of the elder in

[woody paul]

Leave some of the elder in

 

WHY:confused1:

[Eddy_t]

It's a very fast growing woody shrub - useful for filling gaps, the bark and cambium is a reasonable thickness and can be laid, whilst the flowers and fruit have a fairly decent ecological value, and as the wood hollows and rots quick, so does that also. When filling gaps I have used elder by cutting a chunk of stem with roots and dug it into a space

[face cord]

Get a farmer to attack it with a flail

 

 

Or cut it with loppers & a silky saw, & keep the bigger stems for firewood.

 

Keep the elder for making champange.

Edited January 7, 2013 by face cord

[fen01]

As Hedgesparrow said - lay it!

 

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[woody paul]

If to big to be laid coppice it off and then trim to the height you want.

[Daniël Bos]

Just west of Norwich postcode NR8.

 

I know someone just west of Norwich that can have a look for you, I'll ask if he's got time and get back to you.

[Mortimer Firewood]

It's a very fast growing woody shrub - useful for filling gaps, the bark and cambium is a reasonable thickness and can be laid, whilst the flowers and fruit have a fairly decent ecological value, and as the wood hollows and rots quick, so does that also. When filling gaps I have used elder by cutting a chunk of stem with roots and dug it into a space

 

All elder does is shade other hedging plants and in the end takes over. Ive just completed a hedge where it was growing every 1om and had shaded the thorn out . Plus it looks awful in a neatly laid hedge all the farmers i have ever worked for say they want it out and replant with quick.

[wytco0]

I know someone just west of Norwich that can have a look for you, I'll ask if he's got time and get back to you.

 

Excellent thanks, I have also asked a tree surgeon I know but I am not sure if he does hedge work.

[wytco0]

All elder does is shade other hedging plants and in the end takes over. Ive just completed a hedge where it was growing every 1om and had shaded the thorn out . Plus it looks awful in a neatly laid hedge all the farmers i have ever worked for say they want it out and replant with quick.

 

Been discussing the elder with the other half, we don't really have that much now and she is very keen on keeping some of it for wildlife reasons. Must admit I do like watching the birds eating the berries.