Hedge Laying Traditional Skills with Eoin Donnelly

Hedge Laying Traditional Skills with Eoin Donnelly

[matthewgabbard]

I wish we had this tradition in the US. But we aren’t old enough. There might be some in New England, but I think it’s mostly stone walls. Here in Kentucky in the Bluegrass region a lot of the old horse farms are separated by natural stone wall too. Locust trees could be made use of for hedgerows here as well as Holly

[davidkearney]

None of these countryside skills should be lost, I would rather have a livestock barrier like this than modern materials

[bevfitzsimmonds]

Wow. Thankyou. Good explanation. Much appreciated. 😊👍🌿

[johnwright]

Some of the hedgerows are over 900 years old.

[hilaireoloughlin]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have to start a new hedge. how do you start from scratch? What would you recommend as plants? Our soil is rich in clay. Thanks.

[Wornout]

Hedges will grow upward. To be stockproof, after all thats thair purpose, you need to lower your angle .that will tighten the job up and avoid wind rocking the cuts.otherwise nice tidy binding. Or heathering as we call it in bucks

[Blagger]

A billhook is ideal for this kind of work.

[paulmatthews]

Try using a side axe as this gives a far better finish when cutting approx 3/4 lb

[Cheesesteak-dv]

Just another example of nature provides. it’s amazing the skills that were passed on since the Neolithic times I am an American of British descendants, and not only the major contributions the British people have given to the world, but the simple ancient ones as well. It is a precursor to mankind accomplishments from that age. On.

[fourgedmushrooms]

I'm in Australia. Want to do bigtime. Going to have to think really hard about what plant to use and where to put

[usnchief]

Too much physical labor that will end up making us skinny. :) Beautiful work. I wish I knew about this early on while working my property. As an American, it's not the norm here. We love ugly barbed wire.

[jahpedro]

Hedge laying is a tradition that should be mandatory for all farms especially roadside, the way farmers are obliterating hedges in Ireland with flails is a disgrace, they should be fined minimum €2000 for every hedge on each field, or given some incentive to lay the hedging,

[John_Stabeezi]

What should one do about a bustle in the hedgerow?

[stevenbp]

Very nice way to fence. Stay close to Jesus. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

[olsim]

*Cambium. No 'r'
Great video though, thanks!

[davidbarnes]

You can always tell an amateur at work.