PREPARING FOR HEDGE LAYING

In spring 2017 we coppiced the next section of hedge, 

cutting down the overgrown shrubs and trees.

As you can see, to protect the adjoining allotments from trespassers we erected a dead hedge of sticks and brash woven between hedging stakes.

It was a work of some grandeur

Built to last

Five years later the coppiced plants have grown up again and are ready for laying. The photo below was taken in September of this year.

So last Wednesday the volunteers set to and removed the remains of the dead hedge and all the brambles and nettles that had grown over it

There was plenty of room to put the dead material in the trenches alongside the hedge.

Viewed from the other end you can see how the hazel in particular has grown back vigorously.  It's the bushy shrub with the yellow leaves in the photo.

We hope to get laying the hedge in the new year.