In article , Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

I used to be a smallholder, but I'm a bit bigger now.....

This is really the place to ask any questions.

I'm assuming it's not *really* the right place if the question relates
to animals. Not unless it's about stopping cats crapping in your
garden, anyhow

Why do you want to lay a hedge? (I have my reasons for asking...)

Some of the property we're buying has some overgrown traditional hedges.
It would be nice to remake those if at all possible. I'd also like to
disguise some of the stockproof fencing around the rest of the land with
traditional hedges wherever possible -- perhaps even completely replace
it if I can do a good enough job.

James