Pleaching Hedgerow with Billhooks, Edwardian Farm

[@wubbalubbadubdub7597]

I was taught by Geoff, the gentleman in the brown coat. I was in awe the first time I watched him hedging, and I was so keen to learn this skill. I now own a place like this, and he lives nearby. He still has the passion and came to help me lay a beech hedge only a few weeks ago. It’s a slow process, but hugely sociable, psychologically rewarding, and surprisingly physically demanding.

[@flamedrag18]

3:03 you should watch your fingers mate. someone might think you're insulting them lol

[@tombombadilofficial]

SirLobsterman what do you mean? That’s the universal symbol for “chasing the light” lmao

[@lesleyscott938]

The victorian farm ❤

[@Dmaher1111]

Looks like the English version of a machete

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Its is.

[@tomharries2259]

I have both and the difference I would say is they are much heavier. It's makes cutting though hedges or branches super easy the weight will just carry through the wood. The machete is much lighter and easier to swing. It doesn't carry your arm with the weight better for traveling and more vines/brambles than thick branches through it will get through them just not as smooth as the billhook.

[@daveb3910]

Hinge cuts

[@dasgoofinhiemer5039]

I'd rather stretch wire, thanks.

[@Dollapfin]

This is ridiculously slow. Leave them to grow and weave some barbed wire between them.

[@ferstuck37]

Considering some of these maintained hedges are hundreds of years old, any barbed wire would have rusted away, plus the fact it would be harmful to wildlife.

[@halo091]

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