hedgesparrow

thank you for posting video of melplash and to see this style being laid. please let us know when you know the next show is on be good to come down for training day and maybe enter comp next day. Russell for your diary 23rd of febuary Isle of wight championships at poss calbourne. same site as last year chris

if you ever get a honda strimmer in would be interested old 425 shaft has gone so need a new shaft. but will keep my eyes open for your posts need another saw or two rather buy them from you and it helps a charity than e bay

start from the outside in will split no problem with a axe or good mual.

keep me posted when you do may have three of us that would like to come down. only a short trip to Dorset make a change from a 2 hour drive to east surrey or Kent.

best place for that blade is in a container heading for china would not go anywhere near it if it was on bench. for the cost of a new blade cheaper than the cost of funeral.

saw a pick up truck today loaded with logs. £75 per pick up load or or £140 for two loads. now i know i am to cheap. my prices need to go up to reflect market prices and to make some money. those who do logs every day are the ones to take notice of and £3.50 to £4.00 a bag wholesale is a fair price. how long does it take to cut wood split it buy the bags put it in bags deliver fuel for saws,truck. then see how much you need to charge. i only do it for local regular customers. and when i work out my cost not making much per builders bag.

this site is a gem of info what some nice laid hedges. and learnt something never thought you could lay laurel, now proved wrong it can what cracking jobs. nice to see different styles have to say i do like the double devon style. as good as south of england. thank you for photo,s. need a sub site for hedgelaying as there is a few on this forum. be interested if you run a day laying Devon/Dorset style coming down for a day to learn. if you do please pm thank you chris

laid hedges have a number of advantages over one left and flailed. its is good for keeping stock in and saves the need for normal fencing. its is good for wildlife, songbirds can get in to hedge to nest and be safe from predators also there is the fruits from the hedge at autumn time. game birds can find cover in the bottom of hedge for the same reason to nest. its stops wind scour on fields so will save the top soil being blown off with ditching any run off will go in ditch helps the hedge with nutrients. and can then be dug out to put back on fields. hedges are good for the envioronment like the rain forest but on a smaller scale. but a laid hedge is not just for agriculture it looks nice even in garden enviorment and does the above job. so hedges are so important to save and maintain, and not left to become old and gnarled from years of the flail. and then die due to rot and infection so are the grubbed out maybe not to be replaced

did you do it on your own. trying to stand on that bank and try and lower them trees. is a job no wonder it took a long time.not like virgin hedge. it sometimes is better to work on difficult hedges you hen appreciate the good hedges which you do not see many of. by the time you get asked to lay like yours more trees than a hedge still good fun

+1 if you do not cover your back and do it to the letter then insurance will walk away.

cracking job some big old stems in there and with the road. but looks a nice job. looks like there are some good cutters on this site i am still a novice so learning a lot still and its good to see the photo,s. happy for anyone to pick the bones out of my hedges. the big old one was my first proper hedge i laid on my own. and was in at the deep end. wish i had some more expiarance before i tackled that job. what i know now would have done it different and made my job easy. keep showing your hedges nice to see

i did my course with HCC as parish lengthman had to have it to work by road. but i glad i did the basic as it makes so much sense plus if you do it right and plonker in car comes into cordend off area you are covered and your insurance company will be happy that you have the papers and followed it by the book. so they do not have to pay out on a claim because the legal begal no win no fee will jump on it if they can find a chink in your armour to get a pay out for there muppet

second picture is that midland style

2k for a tent. why not get some scaffold poles then some tin for roof and sides jobs done and you build it to the size you want build a good one for less than 2k and will withstand the winds. or wood get reclaim wood.

nice hedge and photos. looked like a lot of brash that came out.

i did not relise until i went to the national championships that wales on its own has 6 styles based on which part of wales you are in. plus all the other styles and sub styles based on a main style. the national championships if you want to see all the main types of hedges being laid by some of the top cutters in the country. worth a day out very enjoyable. sadly last couple of year been way up north east so to far to go. but go on NHLS website they do put on local comps in different areas. will be off the Isle of Wight Championships 23rd of Febuary. if you can get there as ferry precludes most people due to cost of getting over. it is a good day fantastic views last year on top of a hill has classes for novice open and team not seen much in other comps. a good day out and bacon butties are good, all from local grown pigs. saw a very little used style last year the wight style based on devon style

wearabouts in country are you.

depends what size your stools are looking at some of the wood, i would use my 41/2lb side axe. see woodsman store or google side axe wil see them on there for smaller ones a yorkshire, or a bill.

just a few photo,s of hedges i have laid all south of England. first two isle of wight championships 3rd old blackthorn hedge been flaild so much was at its end of life but its growing again

reading your post more no as you have done it but try and use your other pleaches to cover if poss other pleaches. when i say leave a lot of branches your brash or all the small twiggy branches this makes good cover for your pleaches and as in other posts aids next spring with a abundance of new growth to make hedge that much thicker. i will try and find some photo,s of hedges i have laid south of england.

hi thanks for close up photo your pleaches look ok and yes that the crooks to hold hedge down i would of left more brash attached to main stems to give a better cover to start and more small wood to get new growth in spring. what you also need to try and do is when you lay the first stem the second and there on lay on top of previous pleach to stop the rain getting on them so much so stop them rotting and the stool left is cut at a angle to allow water to run off so this does not rot. rust this is of help i am still learning myself and if i see a cutter on my travels always stop for a chat and watch them at work can always learn a lot just by looking at there work.

looking at first picture what you had to lay. the hedge you leave a lot of the branches on. you then need to depends on width of trunk eg 6inches start cut 18inches up and go down so leaving a bit of the stem intact the last bit you need to use a axe as a chain saw cuts against grain so can snap off. you should be able to whilst using axe as leaver lower stem down. if its cracking not cut enough. then with devon hedging not done it you use hazel stakes like a hook so one end is longer than other like a tent peg you knock these in which secures hedge on bank. also with this type you leave all the brash on. stand corrected by someone who lays double devon style. but seen it done and it looks good makes a very thick hedge. not much would go through it. if anything

he has a lot of experience with 360,s makes them talk. but it comes down to same thing needs his cpps ticket or blue card to even get a sniff getting on sites then will not take him as he has done plenty of freelance private work but not with any construction firms so is in the same boat. thank you fro contact will get him to give him a bell and see how he gets on may be the opening of the door for him. has his lantra brush cutter ticket and pa1 and pa6 nptc along with me.

looking at bank you could lay a fair bit to make a hedge the taller stuff you could cut down and this may regrow to make more fuel at a later date. but no problem to lay it if you wanted to seen worse

you say banks is this on the edge of fields. and would it be for coppcing for fuel , or do you want it to act as a hedge aswell.is it very wet all the time. latter a mix hawthorn,blacthorn.hazel, others but not sure how they would get on maple, purging buckthorn. i have looked at a hedge which was planted to divide a large field into two. this is very wet and the thorns were struggling to grow to there normal size for age. they were all planted 12 years ago normal thorns would be 10ft plus some of them had only reached 4ft max. on speaking to someone who grows hedging. his views were that they are being starved of oxygen in the root system. and the field needed to be dried out. trust this of a little help.