08/03/2026
Been doing a lot of winter work this Winter including Hedgelaying. Hedgelaying is crucial for our ancient hedgerows, everywhere you go you see hedgerows destroyed with flail cutters not letting the hedge, which is mainly hawthorn and blackthorn flower, the hedge just gets thinner and thinner until it’s gone completely, by laying the hedge it encourages new growth from the pleached stumps which intern thickens the hedge preserving it for many more years to come. Hedges are laid around every 15 years keeping the cycle going not only for the hedge but for lots of British wildlife that rely on the hedgerow corridors that was once all over England, we still have our hedges but if they keep getting forgotten about it will be another piece of our heritage gone. Next time you pass a hedge, have a quick Look, you’ll soon notice the state of them, most hedges you drive past our well over 100 years old and in my opinion just as important than our historic buildings. If I didn’t need the money I would spend all of my winters laying hedges to preserve our English countryside. Here’s a few photos of one I did in Marsh Gibbon this winter.
Many of you might have see them already as my sister put them on first 🙄
