HEDGE RENEWAL

 We have now completed laying the hedge by the allotments and we are waiting eagerly for signs of new growth.  

In November 2016 it was like this : - bushy, but turning into a row of trees rather than a hedge.

On the right you can see the top of the stakes in the section of hedge we laid the winter before.

So we coppiced it in February 2017 to encourage newer, thinner growth for laying.  

You'll have to tell us in summer how successful we have been.