I think it would be an idea to start at this site.
http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpub...tions/?dpid=29

You don't say what part of the country you are.
There are several regional shows for Smallholders see 2003 show guide
http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpub...rticle_id=1818



--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

I think it would be an idea to start at this site.
http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpub...tions/?dpid=29

You don't say what part of the country you are.
There are several regional shows for Smallholders see 2003 show guide
http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpub...rticle_id=1818



--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

James Fidell wrote in
:


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.

This site: http://www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk/ I found very useful for
refreshing my rather old knowledge last time I had to do it.

Run by a nice bloke too: I sent him a thankyou email.

I'm not a smallholder though. I just have some hedges. If I *were* a
smallholder I think I'd get them mechanically cut: it's an awfully slow
process if you have hedge surrounding several acres to face.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

James Fidell wrote in
:


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.

This site: http://www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk/ I found very useful for
refreshing my rather old knowledge last time I had to do it.

Run by a nice bloke too: I sent him a thankyou email.

I'm not a smallholder though. I just have some hedges. If I *were* a
smallholder I think I'd get them mechanically cut: it's an awfully slow
process if you have hedge surrounding several acres to face.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

James Fidell wrote in
:


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.

This site: http://www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk/ I found very useful for
refreshing my rather old knowledge last time I had to do it.

Run by a nice bloke too: I sent him a thankyou email.

I'm not a smallholder though. I just have some hedges. If I *were* a
smallholder I think I'd get them mechanically cut: it's an awfully slow
process if you have hedge surrounding several acres to face.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Technically it's land that's registered as a smallholding (one step
down from agricultural land). Our last place was registered, from many
years before we acquired it, and every year I had to fill in a Scottish
Office return about the land use, livestock and labour etc. In practice,
lots of people who have upwards of an acre and produce some of their own
food, call it a smallholding although its not registered.

There is no technical definition of a smallholding (at least, not in
England and Wales - Scotland may well be different). All agricultural
land should be registered as a holding (size immaterial) and will be
given a holding number. If livestock is kept, the land *must* be
registered as a holding. The definition I like best (because it defines
it better, not because there is anything wrong with other definitions)
is "a holding of less than 50 acres".


Hedgelaying..try local conservation groups etc; they often want
volunteers and will teach you how. I wouldn't rely on a hedge for
keeping stock inside your boundaries, though.

I agree. The best book, IMHO, (called "Hedging, a practical handbook")
is published by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. ISBN 0
946752 17 6.

--
Howard Neil

Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Technically it's land that's registered as a smallholding (one step
down from agricultural land). Our last place was registered, from many
years before we acquired it, and every year I had to fill in a Scottish
Office return about the land use, livestock and labour etc. In practice,
lots of people who have upwards of an acre and produce some of their own
food, call it a smallholding although its not registered.

There is no technical definition of a smallholding (at least, not in
England and Wales - Scotland may well be different). All agricultural
land should be registered as a holding (size immaterial) and will be
given a holding number. If livestock is kept, the land *must* be
registered as a holding. The definition I like best (because it defines
it better, not because there is anything wrong with other definitions)
is "a holding of less than 50 acres".


Hedgelaying..try local conservation groups etc; they often want
volunteers and will teach you how. I wouldn't rely on a hedge for
keeping stock inside your boundaries, though.

I agree. The best book, IMHO, (called "Hedging, a practical handbook")
is published by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. ISBN 0
946752 17 6.

--
Howard Neil

Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Technically it's land that's registered as a smallholding (one step
down from agricultural land). Our last place was registered, from many
years before we acquired it, and every year I had to fill in a Scottish
Office return about the land use, livestock and labour etc. In practice,
lots of people who have upwards of an acre and produce some of their own
food, call it a smallholding although its not registered.

There is no technical definition of a smallholding (at least, not in
England and Wales - Scotland may well be different). All agricultural
land should be registered as a holding (size immaterial) and will be
given a holding number. If livestock is kept, the land *must* be
registered as a holding. The definition I like best (because it defines
it better, not because there is anything wrong with other definitions)
is "a holding of less than 50 acres".


Hedgelaying..try local conservation groups etc; they often want
volunteers and will teach you how. I wouldn't rely on a hedge for
keeping stock inside your boundaries, though.

I agree. The best book, IMHO, (called "Hedging, a practical handbook")
is published by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. ISBN 0
946752 17 6.

--
Howard Neil

James Fidell wrote in
:


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.

This site: http://www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk/ I found very useful for
refreshing my rather old knowledge last time I had to do it.

Run by a nice bloke too: I sent him a thankyou email.

I'm not a smallholder though. I just have some hedges. If I *were* a
smallholder I think I'd get them mechanically cut: it's an awfully slow
process if you have hedge surrounding several acres to face.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Technically it's land that's registered as a smallholding (one step
down from agricultural land). Our last place was registered, from many
years before we acquired it, and every year I had to fill in a Scottish
Office return about the land use, livestock and labour etc. In practice,
lots of people who have upwards of an acre and produce some of their own
food, call it a smallholding although its not registered.

There is no technical definition of a smallholding (at least, not in
England and Wales - Scotland may well be different). All agricultural
land should be registered as a holding (size immaterial) and will be
given a holding number. If livestock is kept, the land *must* be
registered as a holding. The definition I like best (because it defines
it better, not because there is anything wrong with other definitions)
is "a holding of less than 50 acres".


Hedgelaying..try local conservation groups etc; they often want
volunteers and will teach you how. I wouldn't rely on a hedge for
keeping stock inside your boundaries, though.

I agree. The best book, IMHO, (called "Hedging, a practical handbook")
is published by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. ISBN 0
946752 17 6.

--
Howard Neil