That's a beautiful hedge. There are so many of these hedge-making videos. I'm going to watch all of them!

THIS is the beauty of KZfaq : access to this incredible knowledge and experience, delivered with quiet confidence. Amazing stuff guys, great to see such expertise.

“PIG-TIGHT, HORSE-HIGH, AND BULL-STRONG” Enjoyed the video.

This is an incredibly useful video! Thanks!

Such a clear demonstration of hedge laying. Superb

je suis admiratif et je pourrais vous regarder et vous écouter pendant des heures.

Thanks for showing all of us that. Bit envious of your soft ground. Don’t know if you have seen any of my clips but we nearly have to start a hole with a jack hammer so we can get a crowbar to open a hole for a shovel. Well nearly. You get the idea 😉. Stay safe. Regards Andrew 🦘🦘👍

Ben this is one of the most interesting informative videos I've seen in a long while! I've never seen this before, I thank you for sharing!.......ATB

this is fantastic. I love this kind of stuff. Sharp edged hand tools. Hard work. Wonderful! I want to play too!

So great to have access to this knowledge. Thanks again Louis and Ben!

Related channel content diversification, can be tricky; that made it looks easy.. Enjoyed that, tidy work B&L 👊😎

Absolutely fascinating to see the ingenuity of land management that had evolved over centuries. Any reason why I couldn’t use this laying technique with beech please, the reason I have my doubts is that I know that hardwood beech cuttings never take, so there might be something unusual with their growing habit. Thank you.

Loving the variation in the uploads, from classic knife restoration to hedge laying. Thank you for your content.

respect for yor proper cutting, really nice to see

Fantastic skills & great information. 👏👏👏

Great video Ben! I am looking at doing something similar, thanks for the information. :)

Best hedge laying video I have seen, a difficult hedge too, well done!

The Stakes and binding is how people used to make game traps and funnels to drive deer and antelope into blind canyons for hunting. Once you have the "fences" in place, you get a herd running by strategically placing "drivers" to turn it onto course, and when they encounter the fence they follow it into the trap.

I could watch this kind of skill all day long, it's so relaxing 😌.

Found this video fascinating. Have never seen this done before, didn't know a hedge could be made this way. Thanks so much for taking the time to show it.

Cool video Ben! I love to see the old school techniques that not too many people have learned or know about. Also really liked your video on “how to fit a chisel handle” Thanks for sharing

that was just such a pleasure to see an expert do that! Thank you so much for making that video!

Hi, Ben. I'm from Hereford originally and I noticed you referred to the ground as the 'floor'. I say that too. My Australian wife thinks it's weird - then one day we were in a lift and I noticed the button that says 'Ground Floor'. Job done!

Did not know hazels could grow that big! Nice trick with the twist while weaving the binders towards the end. Thanks!

Thanks, Ben. We don't use hedges like this in the U.S. I wish we had all of those nice woods you mentioned...hazel, hawthorn, etc. Good woods for making things from what I've seen in other videos from the UK. You make it look easy and fun. You seem to have tons of patience in all you do.

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for the clear explanations.

Excellent and clear- looking forward to trying this!

Excellent ben & lois I love this type of craft on the hedgerows 👏👏👏👍

great video. thanks for sharing it with us.

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed watching.

Great content as always, thanks.

Never knew such a practice existed. Very clever

Excellent tutorial, thanks

You’re the answer to my prayers. I think I have the materials to start a quick willow hedge around my orchard to keep out deer. Are some of the shrubs in the hedge thorny? We have an abundance of invasive buckthorn which if can be put to practical use, wouldn’t be such an issue.

Thanks Ben this is a very useful tutorial!

Thanks so much, this is incredibly helpful!

so cool, thank you! great production quality as well

Great video, very informative!

Just been watching you on the big telly. Looked good!

Thanks for that great answer to my question on the last video about tool selection

Brilliant video Ben, a subject I know very little about so I know a fair bit more now, and 2 new words, heathering and pleachers! Keep up the good work. I will be having a go at a bit of willow I have to lay this weekend, spring not quite sprung in the western isles yet.

Hi Ben - Great to come across this quite by chance - useful extra tips here thanks

Thanks for a very helpful and informative video. Only about to plant up my hedge, but really useful to know what to do in a few years 👍

A marvelous watch and listen Ben from start to finish. That is a beautiful spot. I have just undertaken some hedgerow restoration work on my hawthorn and Holly hedge that forms part of our boundary on the edge of Hereford that needed a little laying, coppicing, replanting, staking and binding. Regrowth from the base has already started. I am hoping to do more coppicing and hedgelaying next autumn and winter and have a couple of potential sites. I remember when you were an apprentice to Steve. Heck the years have flown by 👍😊

Very enjoyat video Ben! It's been years since a lay a hendge really took me back 😍

Beautiful.

Oh how I wish I had some suitable land ... Nice work Ben.

Would love the opportunity to try this. Thanks Ben

Fantastic video, I'm glad that I discovered your channel. I only knew of your hook knives.

This is fascinating

That was really interesting, I had never seen this before. Thanks. BTW I got 7 'emergency' phone calls yesterday that "Orford's on the telly whittlin" which we all enjoyed enormously. You've inspired 3 brand new whittlers to take up spoon making :) Appreciate your efforts to keep us entertained and inspired. Much love to you both.

Excellent..... Thank you

Those bill hooks are really sharp, could you please show us how to field sharpen them ?

Brilliant vid. One of the best out there. You’re a uk gem. Thanks. Love what you’re doing. I too am a massive fan of the billhook and of laying

Cracking video. Really enjoyed that.

Great video! Good to watch and very informative. Looks like a nice job

dont have any hedges, been watching many videos about hedge laying, thanks for making another one for me to watch ( also made me want Billhooks)

the gap: you could "layer" that hazel, So lay it to the ground, scratch the bark where the hazel touches the ground, it will then root there, The chances of those bits that you shoved in the ground "taking" is almost zero as they are too long to support any root that formed. As long as you are laying uphill, you can "layer" many of the hedge row plants, though hazel and spindle are the best. I have layed hedges for more than 20 years

Great! Very interesting and informative :) Best Regards!

Thanks for this nice bit of info. In America and about to begin a hedge parallel to my neighbor’s high tensile electric fence. He keeps cattle and I keep pasture pigs. Hoping for a nicer, more natural solution to livestock retention.

Unbelievable timing! I was just speaking about this hedging technique earlier today. I had a moment of paranoia (Google is watching you) but when I saw it was you, I was relieved. Thanks for sharing Ben & Lois (I am assuming that you were behind the camera). ATB

Very nice vid. I'd love to see the laid hedge in the summer! Greetings from germany, where this technique is almost unknown!

please do more country craft!! very interesting!

Fantastic video Ben! So informative and peaceful. I've really been getting into traditional hedge laying lately and would love to learn and work within that heritage hedge laying/coppicing world. Any advise? May I ask what apprenticeship you did? Thanks again.

Good video,i have the same morris of dunsford billhook , look after it they're not being made anymore 👍🏻

Nice. Never seen that before. Well UK is the king in hedge science :) I guess it needs lot of rain to grow back?

Amazing. Thank you. I have about a 120 foot of hawthorn, brambles, snowberry, holly hedge, 95% hawthorn. Very dense & overgrown , about 10 foot high. How much do you think this will cost to have it professionally laid? Thank you.

Thanks for the video. A question for you, or rather a few questions. How do you handle a hedge corner? How about where it run up two hills, what would you do in the valley between?

Dad always said itwas a job that warmed you 3 times. Doing the job, loading the wood you were saving and burning it in your fireplace.

Great video, thank you. Really helpful. We are doing this now to our hedges thanks to your video.

Hazel will root in the gap where the saplings died if you had pushed into the soil or earthed up.

Try and make the cuts longer, at least 5 times the dia up the stem.A side axe is far better for larger material

This is an older video, but I live in East Texas USA. I’d love to do this on my 10 acres. Seems it would be better and prettier than a t-post field fence. What type of hedge plant could I use?

I wonder what sort of tropical and subtropical plants you can apply this to.

That's a lovely looking hedge! Is there more maintenance needed in the coming years or is it left to grow?

This is a great presentation on the craft, thanks for sharing :) I've recently planted some field maple to wall in my market garden, and have inadvertently realised I could maybe hedge lay it? Would this specie be possible to work with?

Nice video, thanks for spending the time to make it. When is the best time to do this work please?

Seldom see you using gloves. What materials are they? The palms look to be different from the backs. What can you tell me about them? Great video showing a good way to use natural materials! Thanks for the teaching.

Nice beetle! Pterostichus madidus!

Thank you for this video, it’s very informative, I’ve just picked up an old Yorkshire Billhook which needs a bit of TLC. How do you sharpen yours?

I'm wondering if this can be done with lilac tree's?

Can most species of hedge tolerate this sort of shaping?

What does this hedge look like now?

Thank you so much for showing this, what an awesome skill! Can't wait to try this myself 😀 Question: can a dead hedge be a good start for a live hedge to take over if you have no live hedge to start with?

We're you able to get a grant for this work initially

Is there an update video on how the hedge looks now?

Do you think I can do the same here in Spain with olives

Why did you leave the tree guard on below ground level?

will that keep sheep in a field?

Maybe plant some clumping bamboo. Less work

Would this qualify as garden porn? What a treat! Thanks for sharing this!

Damn, now I’ve seen this there’s no excuse to not get it done in the farm.

You want a topping axe and a chainsaw

Buy it a drink first?

Do you need an apprentice? 😂

A dying art. Probably because it's too labour intensive. Far better at contianing livestock than any man made fence. Encourages strong growth and makes for an even better hedge. Probably the environmentalists will claim it damages the ecolofy of the hedgerow rather than admit it does the opposite