We went - a - hedge - a - laying *skips*

[ju_bear]

Yesterday I went hedge laying with Edy after lunchtime. I was gonna go to town for browsing and the likes, but got a better offer to learn something new! :)

I learnt that sawing left handed is difficult, hacking strips of barks with left hand is also twice as hard with a blunt and heavy er thing but also feels nice to destructive in a constructive way. But seeing and doing some of the hedge laying was good since I know now how to do it should I want to implement the technique to my allotment which seems to sprout back weeds on my nice veggie patches with all the rain.

And black hawthorne is very evil and perfect to discourage trouble makers at allotment and I think even at home. The thorns were LONG and evil. I got one somehow embedded under the wedding ring. :(

So if any of you are thinking of ordering some hawthorns etc, I am in! :)

Oh then we went to Crystal Peaks to look at some shops. And no, we didn't buy anything. :D

Made dinner after Friends- carbonara with salami and then watched CSI with Paul before heading to bed.

Comments

[longhairedhippy.livejournal.com]

I've been told blackthorn is also rather good for keeping people out... if you fancy getting something thorny for hedging then I'm also in.

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

okie, think Pete was gonna get a whole load of them for his allotment, but as he is pre-occupied atm, we could do it for him as well?

[casaubon.livejournal.com]

sawing left handed is difficult

Not for people whose brains are wired properly. :D

[(Anonymous)]

:p

I will rope you in for any left handed jobs then! :)

[kinggoose.livejournal.com]

I've been told landmines and razer wire, along with the odd machine gun nest are perfect for keeping out unwanted pests like moggies, chavs and pensioners....

[(Anonymous)]

*laughs*

But I would need a fire arm license though! And live in the allotment to stop the firearms from being nicked!!

[kinggoose.livejournal.com]

Not if you put motion sensitive auto-trackers on them. I mean, you have seen Aliens extended cut right?

[longhairedhippy.livejournal.com]

'B' gun's empty... 'C' gun's down to ten rounds...

They're coming out of the goddamn potato patch! That's it man, game over man, game over!

[gan55.livejournal.com]

Mulch out the weeds~

[edy-.livejournal.com]

"a blunt and heavy er thing" was a bill hook, AKA bill. Add a 7' stick instead of the handle and you have the weapon that the Nevs play with.

All you need now is the time to lay your allotment hedge while
a) the hedge is dormant,
b) there's nothing to nick on site (the horizonal hedge will be easier to climb over than the vertical one, until the new growth comes in the spring).

Steve C is getting me a bill so you can borrow that, or I have a couple of small hand axes which would do the same job.