fleehillfarm
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Thanks for the encouragement from the last replies. At the bottom of the field I am working in is a row of very overgrown and neglected hazel trees desperately in need of coppicing. Plenty of material for stakes and long thin bits for binding?. Is there really any point to the finishing touches or is that just for competitions? As one reply said a real life hedge that is overgrown for years is full of gaps and a lot of the growth isn't even in the original line of the hedge as it's just old hawthorn and blackthorn that self seeded years ago that you are using for pleachers.
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- Many thanks for the replies guys. I probably didnt make myself very clear. Although I am laying some of the pleachers downhill the opposite way that I am working, I am making sure that they are still layed at a 30 or 40 degree angle upwards to facilitate the sap rising. I thought it may be more important to fill all the gaps to make the hedge as stockproof as possible than to keep to the principle of always laying in the same direction. I will try to upload some pictures but my technological skills are somewhat lacking. Like Trigger in Only Fools I'm still struggling with light switches.
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Hello all - I have just started hedgelaying for the first time. The hedgerow that I inherited is little more than a row of small shrubs but I would love to restore it as it should be. The hedge is on a hill so I started at the top. and worked downhill laying the pleachers in an upward direction. Because of the sparse shrubs in places there wasnt enough pleachers to lay uphill and fill in all the gaps. My question is can I lay some of the pleachers the wrong way down instead of uphill to fill in the gaps whilst still laying them at an upward angle or is really not the done thing. I would be most grateful for any advice. Many thanks. Richard
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Could I ask another quick question please. When I recently layed some hedge some of the pleachers were hawthorn which were quite big probably 5 inches or so in diameter. when I laid them I left most of the top growth on as can be seen in earlier pictures. Is it the case that the tops should be cut back to help the pleachers survive? Is the small amount of bark left enough to allow sufficient sap to rise to cope with all that top growth? Many thanks.