Interesting to contrast this with a BFI film from 1942 called “ Hedging” which shows a Northamptonshire local doing the job using the very basic- but effective tools of the time.

@Catubrannos

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same tools except he had a billhook and no chainsaw. He also made the cutting look very easy which I'm guessing isn't.

@Warpreacher

4 жыл бұрын

This guy doesn't even have a pipe?! Fake hedger

@caydengrady8626

3 жыл бұрын

i know it's kind of randomly asking but does anybody know a good place to watch newly released tv shows online?

@lanekolton3181

3 жыл бұрын

@Cayden Grady i would suggest Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

@armanixavier8477

3 жыл бұрын

@Lane Kolton yea, have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D

I did hedgelaying a long time ago as part of my studies. I was so impressed I plan to have my own hedge to divide up my back garden one day. I just need to buy a larger garden for that though!

Many thanks, very clear and informative.

Seem to remember when I was 'hedging and ditching' in Bedfordshire I was paid by the 'chain'...those sticky-up taller trees in the middle of a hedge.....It was a 'chain' between each one....

Very interesting, I am looking forward to learning more. Take care

Great job, well done.

Well done great video.

Best Irish accent I've ever heard!

Excellent. 👍🏻

That was explained easy enough for me to understand. Hand tools only make sense. After 6 years grazing can take place ? 😷👍

I like all the gear this guy is kitted out with! He's the Mad Max of the hedgerows! Helmet, leather vest, gloves, boots, chainsaw, multiple cutting tools, face mask, etc. Ready for World War III. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 👍👍👍👍

Another essential point he forgot to make: invest in a pair of welding gloves to save the hands! ;-)

Nice work .What is the name of the leather vest your wearing ,I have been looking for something like that for ages now

This is bizarre to me, haha. I have never seen it before. I thought he was mulching a bunch of trees that were past their prime

Thanks for posting this video. My father laid the hedges at our farm in Wales when I was a kid. I now live in Canada and would like to lay the hedge at the front of our property, figured it would be neat to have a little piece of home right here on the other side of the pond. Do you know if Canadian maple is suitable for laying? We also have a couple of birch trees along the front, but I'm probably going to leave them as specimens, given that they're likely too big to easily lay. I'd appreciate any advice you might be able to offer.

@dendrus1949

4 жыл бұрын

In the UK we often lay field maple which lays really well. I would have thought your Canadian maple would be similarly easy to lay as it is a close relative

@martinbyrne6643

4 жыл бұрын

Whit White thorn is the best’ especially moo cows and sheep don’t like ‘ it sticks in there gobs

@dabigwilli

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Seattle area, black hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) is recommended for hedges here.

great what is that hedgecutting saw called

Thank you very much for this video! Not much info/knowledge here in the States on hedging, at least in my area. I will be starting my project from scratch come spring. What do you suggest for spacing initially? How long tall to I let them grown before laying?

@sh-hg4eg

2 жыл бұрын

It's a dying art here on the UK too. The farmers have largely abandoned hedges here and resort to fencing and just occasionally mowing down the existing hedge. It's been disastrous for for our ecology and actually causes them more work in the long run with having to constantly run down the existing hedge.

@FireFlowerFarmstead

2 жыл бұрын

@@sh-hg4eg I want to learn how to do this here in the states just as a fun project more than a need for a fence. I love learning old-world methods and this seems so fun. Our state nursery sells osage orange seedlings and I thought it would be a fun project to try on a small plot on the property.

Do you deliberately plant trees like willow or hazel along the site where the hedge is planned, and if so, how long after planting do you wait before cutting and bending them in to a hedge?

@ajaxtelamonian5134

4 жыл бұрын

About 5-7 years for Hazel I think.

How much does it cost ? Like what’s the charge?

father did that in the 40s and 50s

Which month, would you say, is best for hedge-laying?

@barrygreen3926

3 жыл бұрын

Anytime between October and mid-March

@MG-ge5xq

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrygreen3926 Thanks a lot! I am from Austria. Let's try it here as well.

nice vest

Can new hedges be created from cuttings? I have access to Hazelnut. Thanks.

@jackp492

4 жыл бұрын

get the new shoots in spring, and give it a go, most do well

He’ll be there a while

@Irish Farmers Journal Is there a specific time of the year or season to lay a hedge?

@martinbyrne6643

4 жыл бұрын

Winter when the sap is gone back down

@cormacbrowne9571

4 жыл бұрын

Any month with an 'r' in it.

@pappy9892

3 жыл бұрын

From 1st September - 1st March

hi I've been having ago on my blackthorn hedge but when I bend the branch it just snaps any idea why that is thanks .

@Grumpy_Jock

6 жыл бұрын

You probably need to extend the length of the pleach so it’s more flexible. Also make sure you have cut through 80% of the branch with the pleach.

@nubie34

6 жыл бұрын

You can wiggle the axe or billhook in the joint of the cut to gently make the split, then you have more control when laying it, rather than it breaking.

@jimdyett9705

5 жыл бұрын

If you do it in a hard frost, Blackthorn does tend to snap

music was too jovial. I would have prefered Bach or Vivaldi, so I can only give you a 9/10.

@nodigBKMiche

5 ай бұрын

🤣

Thousands of lifetime projects with woodglut plans.

why do you have to use Hedges

@DeadEyeRabbit

5 жыл бұрын

kristjan pirc natural fencing. Gives nice environment for birds and small mammals

@martinbyrne6643

4 жыл бұрын

Shelter for stock ‘ birds nesting cheaper than wire ‘ also keeps wicket farmers apart

@kristjanpirc537

4 жыл бұрын

@@DeadEyeRabbit LoL don t they have forest and then uks roads are small In my country roads are small becose of the hills not headges

@bosertheropode5443

3 жыл бұрын

They are also pretty beautiful imao and they help stoping erosion, they also slow down the wind. And as the other guys said they provide homes for a lot of animals, many of them endagered

@pappy9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristjanpirc537 What?????

I thought farmers only laid sheep.😝