Bushcraft Skills: 1000 Year Old Traditional Technique | Hedge Laying | Axe, Saw, Billhook

Join me in the woods as I show. you a one thousand year old bushcraft skill and the traditional skill of hedgelaying. Where you cut put a cut into a tree, fold it over, but leave enough bark and cambium layer for nutrients and water to pass up and down the tree. And in a few years time new shoots will grow up in vertical stems and you can create a living hedge! Great for creating wildlife habitats, and for making natural stock fencing to keep in animals. This technique is an ancient british skill and still used to this day to break up fields with hedgerows. I wanted to do this to the border of my woodland as the boundary had a lot of overhanging trees that needed trimming back. Thank you for watching, and if you enjoyed the episode, please feel free to subscribe for more.
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[@TAOutdoors]

WOODLAND LIFE - EPISODE 5: We roll back the years with this incredible traditional skill that dates back well over a thousand years! Really enjoyed this one despite the hard graft involved. Follow along on the woodland life series here: kzbin.info/aero/PLxnadpeGdTxCwRkZTLMhjbT_EAu6bAIZy Thanks for watching!!

[@lughaidhcook3429]

I really love your videos things I’m learning for when I hopefully own a woodland when I’m older while woodland isn’t that expensive when it comes to it or the mortgage you’ve just got to pay off a chunk of the mortgage. To ta outdoors you should get yourself a two and a half pound Kent pattern axe there great bushcraft axes and have a very wide bit which makes them great for hewing I have one and love it for doing all kinds of tasks. oh and thank you for the great content and information really loving your woodland life series

[@matthewdaniel6045]

Definitely do follow-up episodes.

[@santoshsalvi1883]

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[@El_Croc]

Check out Doc Zoff comment below regarding gaps and making new stools.. awrsome community.

[@lewisward4359]

Excellent demonstration video and a great short history of hedgerows in the UK. Do your species change (more Crataegus-hawthorn and Prunus spp.) along the other boundaries? Obviously not tight enough for deer, but would work well with cattle.

[@suzankovach1442]

This was like a documentary, I really enjoyed this episode! I imagine that the barbwire fence will eventually get lost in the growth? You might want to consider a written journal of the working this woodland which would record the history of what you are doing here. Great video!

[@TAOutdoors]

Yes the barbed wire will eventually rust and breakdown over many years. By which time this should be a much thicker hedge!

[@private15]

A written record an publish as a book would be a lovely xmas gift. Please consider over the next few years.

[@marinigrey4913]

@@private15 as a good book for the teacher to go and reach

[@marinigrey4913]

@@private15 in now he is adding vertical steps huge g

[@kitdubhran2968]

I’m gonna pause this just to say: As someone who never even knew what a billhook was until I saw someone hedging, I was vaguely interested. Then I was really interested. But they were all so expensive. Then I saw one by Fiskars (a scissor company) on clearance at a local department store at the end of spring and decided to try it. I will never go back. I will never be without. When this one (I actually have two) dies I will replace it with an expensive version that will last lifetimes. Even if just for how easy they make tackling a bramble patch.

[@taleandclawrock2606]

So great to see neighbours working well together sharing boundries.

[@doczoff5655]

A Yorky was my preferred hedging hook, used two handed it has the heft to cut fairly thick timber, whilst also having the balance to go an agile one handed tool. The curved bill gives an extended reach when pulling branches towards you, and the vee also provides an extended reach when pushing brush and branches away. Yorkies are initially more tiring to learn to use due their heavier weight and the potential for more forceful blows, but it's not too long until it just feels like an extension of your arm. The hook and vee then become a real advantage for quickly manipulating stock, in comparison I found that when using a Southern Counties I was constantly putting the billhook down to free my hand to move the stock. On thorn hedges the extended reach and manipulation offered by the Yorky avoided a lot of cuts and scratches. It's been decades since my hedgelaying days, but credit to you Mike... for a relative beginner your making a decent job of it, and by the time you've completed your boundaries you skills will have hugely improved! Great video, fantastic objective to share and encourage the craft, and a total pleasure to watch! Where you have wide gaps you can cut short lengths of bark from the lower face of the layed pleach and then peg it down against bare earth. Hazel will form roots at these contact points, eventually creating new stools.

[@timkaldahl]

I love the way you and your father get on with each other. My dad turned 90 yesterday so he has slowed down quite a bit, but when I get home we still go out and cut wood or do other projects together.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

It has been good to watch you and your dad do a bit of traditional hedge laying!

[@ilya.petersen]

Thank you for showing this ancient craft! Julius Caesar wrote about hedgerows that impeded the movement of his armies when he was conquering what is now Belgium and the southern Netherlands. I work for an organisation in the Netherlands that works to promote the restoration and maintenance of cultural landscapes in our country. And planting and maintaining hedges are our most important activities. We take a lot of inspiration from the UK, where the tradition is much more alive and widespread. We do a lot of work in the Maasheggen (Meuse hedges), which is one of the very few areas in this country where the traditional pattern of hedges is still intact. These hedges are all in the floodplains of the river Meuse (Maas), so when the river floods in the winter the hedges would cause the flow of the water to slow down, causing the finest and most fertile particles to settle on the fields, fertilising them. The Maasheggen has been designated a Unesco Biosphere Reserve in 2018.

[@sandratweedale2579]

What a blessing to have your dad to work side by side with. Creating that natural hedgerow is brilliant. And yes nothing is better that the sights, sounds and smells of a woodland in all four seasons. Except owning your own woodland for yourselves and the next generation you’re creating as well. Thanks so much for allowing us to share this wonderful journey with you.

[@stephencurwood9469]

Brings back some great memories from back in to 90's. The most satisfaction I've ever had laying a hedge.

[@Kevan808]

As a subscriber who is born and raised in Hawaii, I find your channel absolutely fascinating. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion.

[@lesliepeters7966]

Thank you for your time in showing traditional hedge laying. I lived in a small village in Northamptonshire for the first 14 years of my life, the village was surrounded by a forest and farms. In the 70s I had the pleasure of witnessing the farmers doing traditional hedge laying. It looks a lot better than barb wire. Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing your hard work paying off.

[@bbotelhoHI]

Since I’ve learned about the hedge rows from WW2, and their effectivity against tanks, I’ve been fascinated with the “how” it was done, but not so much the “why”. It’s a departure from the lava rock walls that were hand built by the Hawaiians, but for a very long time, I’ve believed traditional English hedges to be a viable border when I decide to buy acreage either in the continental US or back in Hawaii. Thank you for the educational video on both the how and why hedges were created and used.

[@gibson1005]

Great series of video here. We need way more people like you guys here in France, too few of us fight to keep our woodlands healthy

[@LosRiji]

Totally be with you

[@marinigrey4913]

@@LosRiji 👍🏼

[@marinigrey4913]

Good to know stuff 🌞🌞🌞

[@judithlashbrook4684]

If you are looking for people in France, you could check out the RAF (réseau des alternatives forestières)

[@Jaeger04]

Complètement d’accord avec ce que tu dis. La majorité des forets sont dans un état de merde.

[@andywilliment581]

Hi Mike thanks for another interesting video. I was fortunate about six years ago to help friends lay the hedges around their allotments. We had an 85 yr old gent showing us the way to lay it. It was a great learning experience.

[@Krizla4]

I can relate ... working in the woods is therapy for me ... cutting trees with my dad every saturday last months ... trying to clear a forest planted by my great-gandfather of some dead trees ... having a picknick in the woods during work is the best. :D

[@deansshootingandfishingham8275]

It's nice to to see the old ways still being used keep up the great work 👍🇬🇧

[@JJ-JOHNSON]

With everything going on in your life, one of the most important person in your life is that older Gentleman with the gray mustache(your Dad), he's full of wisdom, grab and cherish every moment your spend with him, then share that wisdom with your children, my Dad past 15 yrs ago, we wasn't as close as you are with yours, I love this father and son videos, thanks for sharing your wisdom Sir. JJ Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

[@paulharding1621]

One minute in, love the craft of hedge laying. Fabulous.

[@phobus91]

As a horticulturist and botany enthusiast, few things bring me more joy than the wonder of folks discovering and appreciating how incredible plant biology is. This video was very enjoyable to watch. :)

[@eriktaylor5704]

It’s great to see the progression of the woodlands. There are so few forests that have not been detrimentally touched by humans, that loving management is so important.

[@b62boom1]

I learned to lay hedges years ago, in a few different styles. They're a thing of beauty if done properly, and make incredible hedges. Another great vid Mike.

[@perarne73]

Is this a typical winter activity, or does it work just as well in the autumn after the leaves have fallen off.

[@b62boom1]

@@perarne73 yes, it's always done in the Winter, partly because there are no nesting birds, and partly because you're getting it ready for the Spring. Once Spring hits, the shoots are beginning to form, and they will grow up through the layed parts, making the hedge stronger.

[@silvermediastudio]

Incredible content mate! From here in the USA, the same applies. For wildlife, our whitetail deer thrive when they have tall grasses to bed in, and lots of boundary zones between woods and food plots. The same applies especially for migratory birds that seek not only water but also tall grasses to rest in. There is so much ancient (and modern) knowledge about building and improving the land to keep it healthy, while supporting farming, tree growth, soil enrichment, water purification, and flourishing wildlife. Thank you for compiling so much of it in your videos. I also love that you met, connected with, and built camaraderie with your neighbor. Developed a solution to the problem that benefits both of you, the land, the heritage, and all of us. What a powerful message in such a simple deed.

[@twosidedcoin2187]

AYEEE I just broke my leg now I’m stuck in my bed and can’t go outside and so I’m sad now, but now I feel happy and I agree, we should bring on the old techniques

[@corymiller9854]

Great vid! I build fences and decks for a living. This living hedge is great and makes more sense then most fences. Not only is it cost effective it lasts longer and provides to the ecosystem instead of taking from it. Learning from our past should be essential yet it seems to be more of a hobby now a days.

[@WiltshireMan]

Very interesting Mike. I once did a hedge laying course at Cirencester agricultural college. It's a hard job but the hedges are better for it. My Uncle Arthur Pearcey now long dead told me a story about hedge laying. They used to wear a thick leather glove on one hand so they could push the hedge down. This glove was thick and stiff and would turn even the hardest of thorns but on one occasion a black thorn pierced the glove and run up under my uncles thumb nail. He was in agony. Blackthorn is not a good thorn the get stuck with. The wound will often turn septic. I believe this happened to my uncle way back in the 1930's. As I say he is long dead now...... Sandy

[@joshuajackson6442]

Great job, thank you for assisting in the resurrecting of these lost arts!

[@snowysnowyriver]

My grandfather, who was born in 1881 was a hedge layer by trade. Depending on the season, he spent his working life "hedging and ditching".

[@mannihh5274]

Thanks for showing - I've never seen this kind of method here in northern germany, though we have lots of hedges too. We don't lay them, just cut them down every seventh year, leaving one big tree every 50m and two or three small ones in between. The hedges are dividers, wind protection, habitat for insects, birds and small mammals. They raise the water level as well and create a positive micro-climate. They were called "poor mans forest". Small farms couldn't afford to grow a forest, but whenever you need a piece of wood for a broom, a handle or something, you can cut it out of the hedge. As you need a lot of small stuff, but only once in a while big trees to turn into lumber for a new house or barn, you need to maintain a matching set of wood of different sizes. The cutoffs we taken as firewood. As all the rocks and cobbles they found on the field were thrown in there, over the years they made a nice wall between the fields, preventing the soil to get washed away in heavy rainstorms. Sadly, many of them got removed when machines (and fields) grew bigger, but they lost the benefits as well, which they recently started to discover. Seems like climate change will bring more heavy rain and long lasting droughts, both can be attenuated by proper hedges. Keep up your hard work, it's well worth while!

[@pauleric8799]

Love it when Grahams pottering about in the background

[@rcompton]

I have a lot respect for folks passing on old traditions/skills. Keep up the great work.

[@backtotherootsbg]

One of your best videos, wonderfully explained and shown. I think it's awesome that you revive the old traditions and share your knowledge. Thank you very much for your commitment. Greetings from Bulgaria. 🙂

[@sagnal]

When the Americans, British and Canadians invaded Normandy in June 1944, after moving across the beachheads they came across the "Bocage", the traditional hedgerows of the Normandy Countryside. The hedgerows created small compounds where the hedgerow had built up over centuries up on mounds of earth so that the roads and lanes running amongst them were at lower levels. The Germans set up Anti Tank Guns and Armoured vehicles behind the natural "berms" camouflaged by the hedgerows. Each small plot of land behind the hedgerows became a small natural fortress. The most amazing thing is that during the planning for the invasion back in the UK , noone had considered the obstacle that the hedgerows would pose to miltary operations. Although they had similiar hedgerows in Britain (albeit that many may have been removed as you have discussed) no training was conducted to practise how one might assault these hedgerows. In the end they made up makeshift plows out of old landing craft obstacles and welded them to the front of tanks so they could breach these incredible defences!

[@johnsnowden3580]

Mother earth needs people like you ta

[@SmoothGefixt]

Very cool traditional technique! Never seen such a hedge here in Ireland, it's definitely worth implementing someday! Thanks for sharing Mike!

[@TAOutdoors]

I'm surprised you don't have hedge laying in Ireland. Similar species of tree around as you're in the same Northern Temperate zone as us. Would be worth looking into seeing if anyone does it over there.

[@CiaranInIreland]

@@TAOutdoors Where I am in West Co Cork, Ireland it is all stone walls made from field stone, there was so much stone they couldn't do anything else with it. I have seen in the midlands of Ireland hedges like this though. When is your dad next taking a fishing trip in Ireland?

[@romac9516]

Truly great work TA, if only our governments had such pure intentions for our environment!

[@shootermcmillan]

Thanks for this video. My only frame of reference for "hedgerows" is various war references. I had mistakenly assumed that these were just groomed yet naturally occurring. This method of building illustrates why these would be so treacherous for advancing forces. I read once, "for a new idea read an old book" it's curious how tradition and and technological advancement tend to seesaw and recirculate.

[@KnifeCrazzzzy]

This is really incredible stuff! I hope it catches on in America. It’s a beautiful and natural skill! Loved the established example 🙏🏻🤙🏻

[@Johnnysday]

American farmers have been doing it for at least 125 years

[@patrickpleasant151]

These techniques are timeless this is genuinely useful information, hedgelaying has become a lost art and this has inspired me to give it a try. Thanks for sharing these valuable skills with us and the historical background is fascinating, keep up the great work!

[@TAOutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@selvanpandaram1966]

Dad and Yourself: thank you again for another informative episode. Personally ; have never seen (rather noticed hedge laying in South Africa. I sure it's a farming tradition practiced and passed on. ) Personally; there isn't a second lost when you wonderful folks teach and guide us. The Lord be with your family and sincerest thanks.

[@Bushcraftmind]

I really respect and appreciate the work it takes to make these kinds of videos. Very cool and well done dude. Thank you for sharing your bushcraft skills, I will use them in my trips.

[@TAOutdoors]

Thanks! Episodes like this one take a long time to make. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@Vaessen13]

Thank you so much for including hedgelaying! I love it! I'm going to grow some new hedges on my farm and can't wait for them to grow big enough to lay 😀

[@jodylarson5317]

always happy to see your dad 😍 and i love watching your journey

[@trockodile]

Inspirational and informative as always! Thank you for taking the time to document and explain this for this generation and future generations. We manage a small croft (Scottish Highlands family farm) and are attempting, year on year, to reintroduce more and more traditional, sustainable and environmentally positive elements here. Many thanks and all the best.

[@TAOutdoors]

Glad to help!

[@aliajactaest7707]

Fantastic work. I can just remember my father and grandfather (yes, in their tweeds) doing this to maintain centuries-old field boundaries. I still remember my grandfather's rants against Churchill, whom he considered a warmonger and no better than that "Hitler chappie". Being firmly in the "none of our business" camp, he despised both because he was forced to get rid of most of the horses with which the farm had been worked since the year dot. I love the direction your channel is taking. The old ways are still the best. Practices that last millennia survive for a reason. I'm so glad that you appear to be intent on keeping them alive for another generation. Good for you.

[@rgb5031]

A very interesting peak into history. Much appreciated & very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@1meanelf]

Though I live in the USA when I think of an English countryside I think of what things looked like in the old days when you used what you had. Not only does it look charming doing what you are doing but it also becomes a safe haven for animals and keeps boundaries between neighbors and looks natural. Thank you so much for sharing information as well as continuing traditions and keeping things alive instead of being forgotten.

[@bodgerliz5138]

Prince Charles enjoys hedgelaying! I've seen a hedge done by him and it was a beautiful think stock proof fence, so suitable for habitat as well. Not just hazel though. Mixed species. I'm very much enjoying seeing these skills talked about more widely. The revival in the 80s/90s seemed to have gone quiet so this is great.

[@frankendragon5442]

Nice to see that the future king is good for something.

[@enegron6987]

What’s awesome is the excitement for each new shoot. You’re awesome for looking out for the wildlife birds and such they will love and care for you also as they really do understand your reasoning ✨💫💎

[@jimmyfish5388]

Great insight to what you are doing to maintain your woodland with ancient old techniques . Thank you

[@auntytutu]

There can be no doubt of your dedication to this woodland. Its not that you just own it but you care for it. Fantastic job and love seeing Graeme there with you.

[@hubby-tubadventures01]

Your dad's hat says it all. Very interesting and I last did the laying back in the '80's, Another revival, Well done.

[@ronaldayres546]

Very interesting and informative video. I like the idea of a living hedge instead of a fence.

[@TristanGreenlaw]

Thank you for taking the time to explain the whole process! Here in the US there are very few examples of good hedge laying. I'm hoping to implement some of these techniques myself in the coming years!

[@DarkMoonDroid]

Yes. We need a catalogue of suitable weed trees that send water shoots constantly. I'm thinking Privit. And if the climate works, even grapevines might work, tho they may climb into and kill surrounding trees.

[@TristanGreenlaw]

@@DarkMoonDroid yeah, I've dealt with grape Vines before, and I'd probably avoid them unless I knew I could stay on top of keeping them trimmed!

[@DarkMoonDroid]

@@TristanGreenlaw Agreed. They are high-maintenance.

[@terramarini6880]

@@DarkMoonDroid Hazel already grows in the east half of the usa and can grow potentially most of the country according to commercial growing maps. I have beaked hazelnut growing wild up here in North BC. Look into getting a few, they propagate quickly and easily so shouldn't be expensive to get enough to hedge.

[@amandamiller94]

U never know when traditional Bushcraft will come in handy & yr learning as well as teaching history

[@sandratweedale2579]

Couldn’t agree more at how wonderful the forest is in all four seasons! The smells, the sounds-and for you to continue with sustaining your woodland and with your dad along. Such a legacy you’re creating. God bless you and your next generation

[@jeanmorin9095]

Very inspirational. I have started one in Canada (Ottawa area ) where there is none to be seen. I thought that the very cold winter would prevent the survival of cut trees, but to my surprise and delight, they grow well and the system works just as well. I'll be working on this for many years. Thank You!

[@pettyfogger2305]

Friend Lars, Some thoughts on your snowmobile and life in general; Living in Minnesota and now Wisconsin I am amazed that the snow machines of your friend and yours only have a single ski. Of the hundreds of thousands of machines I have seen, they all have two skies! I am frankly stunned the single ski units are as agile as you have demonstrated. If it was me, I would test out fitting a somewhat wider homemade ski in addition to the original. Lastly, after seeing Miss P. Ninja for the past several years ( and as the proud papa of a number of my own) I am going to predict any life partners in her future should be cast in her dad's hearty imagine and never, ever underestimate her in any possible manner! I hereby award her one of my extra WARRIOR PRINCESS crowns.

[@roymills2564]

i had the opportunity to help a guy hedge laying back in the late 80s when i worked on a farm, we used willow that we had cut down instead of hazel, but it was done in the same way that you have explained.some of the willow has also grown up as well making the hedge alot thicker, he also used the willow to make sheep fences. great video

[@patrickpleasant151]

Hawthorne is used traditionally as well and you can imagine the excellent, nearly impenetrable results.

[@pauljohnson9347]

Loving these woodland episodes 👍

[@D-King90]

You produce such beautiful and valuable content, i was just about to look out for some footage, how to build such hedges... And here we go :) Cheers from Germany my friend :) Keep up the good work, I bought a little woodland myself and seeing it as responsibility having the chance to create an island for wildlife, I am very happy with your ideas.

[@TAOutdoors]

Many thanks! I am pleased you enjoyed the video and hopefully got some ideas from it. All the best with your woodland.

[@embers_cradle55]

Loved this episode

[@patrickgreenaway5494]

I love watching your videos and now this helps me understand why things were done on the Old Farm

[@Sobrevivendoaojogo]

Simply fantastic video, perfect explanation, congratulations, thank you very much for sharing 👊

[@KaylynnStrain]

very cool technique to preserve the edge trees while tidying up the boundary

[@uk-hon5769]

Reminded me of Hooper's Rule. Hedges that have existed for hundreds of years are colonised by additional species. This may be useful as a means of determining the age of the hedge. Hooper's rule (named for Dr. Max Hooper) is based on ecological data obtained from hedges of known age, and suggests that the age of a hedge can be roughly estimated by counting the number of woody species counted in a thirty-yard distance and multiplying by 110 years.[11]

[@brianvannorman1465]

I completely approve of your breakfast or lunch. Looks quite satisfying

[@oaknhazel541]

I love your excitement as you explain all of this! It makes it that much more exciting for all of us!

[@gizmocarr3093]

Some of the best ideas are the old ones.✨🦉✨

[@maryannhicks7829]

The hedging could also serve as a snow fence. I am glad you showed how to build the supports and the weaving of the hazelnut limbs and branches. Thank you

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Generally you only need snow fence at roads. I mean, you're right, but in this case drifting isnt really a problem

[@chipharlan1826]

I had absolutely no clue that hedge laying was a thing. Thank you

[@Mike-1965]

Dad is digging that sandwich. Great video.

[@marcosfreijeiro8763]

Fantastic, this series I think is excellent love learning about the trees and old traditions. 👍👍

[@nullgravity2583]

Love these long videos filled with new information and original content. I love camping and camping videos but sooo many of them are the exact same thing, and sometimes reach hour's length

[@sultanbev]

You'll be glad to know I've been on a hedgelaying course, and have done a few live hedges as well as dead hedges. Mine are more ornamental rather than stock proof, the ones at the allotment to reduce the height of existing hedges to let more light into the allotments. I recently made a dead hedge for a customer, replacing a rotten fence at the bottom of their garden, but also planted some whips behind them - when the deadhedge rots away in 5-10 years, there'll be a hedge I can then lay into a live hedge.

[@lorikettle2519]

I like it! I like it a lot! Something for your descendants to continue. Well done.

[@jackiec9062]

That was so Interesting, both you and your dad doing a lovely job. Luv from UK 🇬🇧

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Fascinating, great video! Native Americans taught the US Forest Service to pack "tree wounds" with clay and mud. (To save sacred trees like Sequoias that were thousands of years old from fire. Bark usually falls off the base of the tree - the same level as fire.) Outer bark - protects the tree not only from fire, but assault from plant viruses, bacteria, and hostile microbes like fungus. The bark is like skin - take damage, and a sort of "infection" battle occurs in the plant. To prevent disease-kill, one can take a few simple measures: 1) Sanitize your blade with rubbing alcohol. (Spray bottle.) Especially after use on another plant. (Think of your blade like a dirty needle - don't share.) 2) Pack the tree's wound with mud/clay. This will act as a scab as the tree beings to heal its wounds. 3) Spray-bottle the plant's wounds with an essential oil like Lavendar - which are different plants anti-microbial immune response. 4) Always burn your slash. The cut-up wood on the ground spreads disease. Burn it to prevent it, and fertilize the ground. Spread ashes. You can apply disease-prevention measures in your garden at home too. Prune with sanitized shears. Apply a sort of clay or similar material after you have cut a plant.

[@robertrosicki9290]

Being Canadian and having never seen a hedge row I now have a visual reference when listening to Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven . " If there's a bustle in your hedge row " . Thanks .

[@svenvanderveen659]

Hey Mike. I have learned so much just by watching your videos here on YT the past view years. It changes my way how I observe whilst wandering through the woods and nature in general. I am in a hot tent in the woods right now and I love it! Thank you for that and keep up the good work!

[@clydemorris3927]

Michael your good at doing all the stuff around you. Thank you for sharing this with us 💓. ... Arkansas Clyde 65 🇺🇸🌲👍.

[@stevenkeithley4336]

Love the videos keep em coming. This old dog's still learning. Stat safe and be well bud...

[@bramblekaren]

Love watching your video!!! it bring back memories of my granddad he was a gamekeeper in Suffolk and he used to do the same thing amazing 🤩

[@joeblow1030]

What an amazing way to keep a border, love your channel, thank you and those involved with you for such amazing and quality content.

[@jonesnin]

Man, the hedge you're building still looks really nice at the end. Can;t wait to see it in a few years!

[@thecrew777]

Truly fascinating and very educational. I understand a part in the Bible now that talks about the "shoot" off of Jesse's stump more. Much of the Bible is written from a people who were very close to the land; cattle and land management, in ways so many of us city dwellers haven't a clue about. So I'm getting a double education! Thank you for explaining things so well! And especially for the field trip to see what it is to grow into. I'm really enjoying this far more than I thought I would.

[@ArielleViking]

Beautifully filmed and edited. Wonderful drone footage and amazing narrative about the history of British woodlands and the care. A totally Awesome documentary and great work on the debri hedging. I don't much like barb wire fences either, so it's great that you can hide it with hedge and make habitat for native birds and animals. ❤❤❤

[@Indigenous-English-Man]

I live on a council estate which was built in 1939 and at the bottom of my garden is a hazel tree which to me looks like it was coppiced a long long time ago just with how big and wide it has gone. I then put two and two together and figured out that the tree probably pre dated the gardens and was a part of the old farm which was once here. Amazing to think that my ancestors once worked that tree for its resources. And after watching this video you have inspired me to use the hazel tree and create my own natural fence from it and I’m going to remove my wooden one that is there now.

[@mrping2603]

I am LOVING these videos! I hope one day I can manage a woodland too

[@davidparr3089]

I'm amazed at your knowledge of the woodlands and how you cut the saplings and are making them in the hedgerows along with the cutting of the ash trees on your woodlands keep up the great work!

[@NeilStansbury]

As a bonsaist that makes some pretty funky cuts on trees every winter/early spring, you might like to consider wrapping sphagnum moss bound with raffia on your cuts, it does wonders for encouraging new growth and roots, and prevents those cuts from drying out or being overly stressed when the new growth pops in spring.

[@DragonHeart5150]

That's so cool. UK has always been ahead of US when it comes to conservation. I love the way that looks.

[@hassendeen550]

What an inspiration ! Thank you !

[@terrypatterson1481]

Great narration Mike, I have enjoyed every episode and look forward enthusiastically to the next.

[@steveschofield9243]

That is brilliant what you are doing learn something different every day ❤

[@aleisterbroley900]

Amazing. Just excellent to see these old ways being carried on, learned anew, revived... So much history in Britain, whereas here in the States, even where we have preserved old ways, much that our more distant ancestors knew didn't make the trip across the pond. I hate to say it, but there's a greater depth of content on many bushcraft channels coming out of the UK than most of the ones here in the US. Not that we don't have some great teachers here, but all too often these bushcraft channels just repeat the same old things, and half of it misinformed, incomplete, or wrong.

[@eric81872]

Thank you for the video! ☺•♥

[@HariKristiyanto]

Awesome video, awesome cameras 👍👍

[@Lazarus-aap]

We use the same kind of technique here in the Netherlands. When I own my own land I want to use this technique too, so thank you for showing how to!

[@wey_aye_adventures]

What a fantastic watch…another great video. 👍🏻