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I flicked onto this thinking "hedge laying" was a pretentious way of talking about getting your garden hedge cut.
15 minutes later on Wikipedia, not only is it much more, it its regional, specific to the type of field location and contents: and is clearly a very real and complex skill.
Fascinating (in my sad way) - and just goes to show that every day really is a school day.
Sorry I can't be of any help, though!!
Stuart70 said:
I flicked onto this thinking "hedge laying" was a pretentious way of talking about getting your garden hedge cut.
15 minutes later on Wikipedia, not only is it much more, it its regional, specific to the type of field location and contents: and is clearly a very real and complex skill.
Fascinating (in my sad way) - and just goes to show that every day really is a school day.
Sorry I can't be of any help, though!!
I was about to dismiss this thread on ''buy bushes, plant bushes, water bushes'' as well - until your post had me on Wikipedia. What a curiously fascinating subject, something only us Brits could create, refine & class as an art form - of which I would agree!15 minutes later on Wikipedia, not only is it much more, it its regional, specific to the type of field location and contents: and is clearly a very real and complex skill.
Fascinating (in my sad way) - and just goes to show that every day really is a school day.
Sorry I can't be of any help, though!!
Sorry op.
Don't do it. My parents did it ten years ago to a hedge at the bottom of their garden and it has knackered it. The hedge either side, which forms the boundary to a large field is around 5 - 6ft in winter, theirs is lucky to go to 3 - 4ft in full summer.
Get someone in (who knows what they are doing, obviously) to look at how it needs to be trimmed and cut - they will grow to an inverted pyramid if not managed - but don't lay it
Get someone in (who knows what they are doing, obviously) to look at how it needs to be trimmed and cut - they will grow to an inverted pyramid if not managed - but don't lay it
Many of the local farmers near me do their own.
I have seen this guys work as I drive near Much Wenlock. Looked very smart, but I suspect not especially cheap: http://www.shropshirehedgelaying.co.uk/
He has a page of hedges he has worked on that can be visited to see how they have developed post hedge-laying: http://www.shropshirehedgelaying.co.uk/hedges_visi...
I have seen this guys work as I drive near Much Wenlock. Looked very smart, but I suspect not especially cheap: http://www.shropshirehedgelaying.co.uk/
He has a page of hedges he has worked on that can be visited to see how they have developed post hedge-laying: http://www.shropshirehedgelaying.co.uk/hedges_visi...
http://www.hedgelaying.org.uk/pg/contractors/main....
Might also be useful for you - finds your nearest hedgelayers who are accredited.
Might also be useful for you - finds your nearest hedgelayers who are accredited.
My other half went to Bishop Burton Agriculture and Equine college years ago, so learned a little about this.
It is a dying skill, up there with dry-stone walling, but there are loads of different methods and styles for different types of hedges and purposes.
Contact your nearest agricultural college to see if they can help out - Harper Adams or Reaseheath are north Midlands.
It is a dying skill, up there with dry-stone walling, but there are loads of different methods and styles for different types of hedges and purposes.
Contact your nearest agricultural college to see if they can help out - Harper Adams or Reaseheath are north Midlands.
If you fancy DIYing it, get in contact with your local wildlife trust. Ours run various volunteer days, where they'll teach you whatever you need to know in order to get something done. I spent a couple of days hedgelaying last winter, and am planning on doing our boundary - good couple of hundred metres...
You've missed your opportunity for this year, though - needs to be done before birds start nesting and the hedge starts sprouting for spring.
You've missed your opportunity for this year, though - needs to be done before birds start nesting and the hedge starts sprouting for spring.
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