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We bought the smallholding four and a half years ago, it had been empty for three and a half, so there was a lot of reclamation of land to be done. We don't feel like we've achieved nearly as much as we'd like, but friends tell us we've preformed miracles. Anyhow one thing that has been bugging me terribly is the hedgerow running topside of the field running away from the house.
So new year's eve all day and all new Year's day were spent cutting it back completely, and then burning up the brash and logging all the good stuff.
It was a gargantuan task, only a hundred and fifty years long, but it had come out nearly ten feet into the field.
We were both completely knackered and scratched to hell with many blackthorn stuck in our hands for good measure, but oh! The satisfaction looking at it now is immense, we have gained a huge chunk of ground, this just happens to be attached to my airgun range so more mowing but a greatly increased shooting area.
Hedgerows should be cut back yearly, now this one is back under control it will be easily maintained.
Now we have to move all the raised beds around as we put them up in haste and now realised they are too close together so can't mow between with the ride on.
Poly tunnel has been recovered so we are very slowly getting there.
So new year's eve all day and all new Year's day were spent cutting it back completely, and then burning up the brash and logging all the good stuff.
It was a gargantuan task, only a hundred and fifty years long, but it had come out nearly ten feet into the field.
We were both completely knackered and scratched to hell with many blackthorn stuck in our hands for good measure, but oh! The satisfaction looking at it now is immense, we have gained a huge chunk of ground, this just happens to be attached to my airgun range so more mowing but a greatly increased shooting area.
Hedgerows should be cut back yearly, now this one is back under control it will be easily maintained.
Now we have to move all the raised beds around as we put them up in haste and now realised they are too close together so can't mow between with the ride on.
Poly tunnel has been recovered so we are very slowly getting there.