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Hedgelaying in a Monsoon! Read our Chairman’s letters giving updates on this project - click here
In torrential rain fifteen members and friends turned out to find out from John Flower, expert hedge-layer, how to lay a hedge in the traditional manner. This will help it to grow stronger and in time make it stock proof. It can be alarming to see a billhook brought down on a living trunk and the previously upright plant then almost flattened but the end results will be very worthwhile. Stakes and binders are used to provide stability and to give a very professional finish. S The aim is to arrange other work days, probably weekends, to finish the job and we now have enough people able to lead these days. Regular sessions now take place each Sunday from 10.00am – 1.00pm if you can spend an hour or two. All skill levels and interest can be useful to this project. The Society now has a number of the necessary tools at its disposal. Special thanks must go to Mrs M Bartlett who kindly donated a billhook to the project and Ken Diamond and Frank Champion who provided useful tools for the event. Thanks also go to Eddie & Barbara Read for allowing us to work from their field which enabled us to work safely on the hedge. What next, well, we need to lay the remaining 150 yards or so over the rest of the autumn and winter so forget about wasting money on gym memberships, get along to Cambridge Lane and enjoy yourselves in the fresh air and learn something new, you may even be able to use it in your own gardens. To find out how to get involved contact Bob Baxter 521515, John Jackson 522938, Neil Anderson 886198
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ome, wisely, watched the demonstration and then retired, presumably to return on a better day, whilst ten of us stayed to get things going. We managed to lay about 30 yards before we needed to call it a day, billhooks and axes with wet handles can be dangerous.
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